Now the two soldiers were a little surprised when they heard that the old man in front of them was going to report them. But after the surprise, what appeared was a grim smile.

"The old man is fat enough to sue us? But do you think we'll let you go if you killed your granddaughter?

And do you think that even if you go to the city lord to inform, will you be able to see the city lord himself? Do you know who your name is?

Heh, but ...... I'm not going to give you a chance to test the efficiency of the government, so you can die for me here! ”

With that, the three cruel soldiers suddenly pulled out their blades and stabbed the old man in the abdomen!

However, the old man, who had already taken precautions, fell directly backwards and fled into the river with a pop!

The three of them, who had won the game, suddenly panicked, obviously not expecting the old man to dodge their attack and run away so decisively.

"Shouldn't we fight for our granddaughter and us? It's not what I thought......" one of the three muttered in frustration.

But soon they also calmed down, anyway, now that the night is dark, the old man can't see their appearance clearly, and just as they thought, now that the big war is imminent, how can the new city lord of Shenghui City pay attention to the demands of an ordinary person?

The only thing that upset them was that the messenger who crossed the river didn't know if he was dead...... It's okay if you don't die, anyway, even if you send the letter now, the other party won't have time to make an adequate response.

Otherwise, their superiors wouldn't have sent just a few hundred people to intercept the messenger......

The three of them waited by the river for a while, but did not see Lao Suo come ashore again, and returned directly to the place where they were supposed to be guarding.

And not long after they left, by the bank of the river where they had just been, the thin old man with a bamboo pole jumped out of his head and gasped for breath.

In fact, he didn't swim far just now, and he didn't have enough strength to swim, so he could only hold his breath not far away and wait for the three of them to leave.

Fortunately, he is a person who has rowed and swam all his life, otherwise it would be almost impossible to hold his breath underwater for ten or so minutes.

At this moment, Lao Suo's eyes flashed with anger, he had lived in Shenghui City for many years, and he originally thought that Ma Long was not bad, but now it seems that he is still far behind Liu Pei, who is quite famous in the north!

The supervision of his soldiers was not strict, so much so that he killed his granddaughter!

Knowing this, he should have moved to Hongmeng City with his granddaughter!

However, there is no regret medicine in this world after all, he can only sigh faintly, and then climb the mountain bank and hunch over, ready to find his granddaughter's ...... Corpse.

And on the other side of the river, about an hour later—

The crumbling and broken boat finally reached the shore.

After Tang Ye jumped ashore with Bao Xi in his arms, he fell to his knees heavily.

Seeing this, Bao Xi teased shyly: "The lord is going to worship heaven and earth with others now?" ”

"Bye...... Worship you big-headed ghost......" Tang Ye turned over and lay down, his head resting on Bao Xi's thigh, his eyes closed and he kept panting.

While pumping water and paddling, and at the same time resisting Bao Xi's teasing, it took Tang Ye nearly an hour to make the broken boat row to the end.

Since he was promoted to the 2nd rank, Tang Ye hadn't felt so tired for a long time!

"If you're tired, sleep for a while, I'll watch the ...... for you," a gentle voice sounded in his ears, and at the same time, a soft hand began to gently caress his face.

Tang Ye didn't refuse, and after a light "um", he slowly fell asleep......

I don't know how long it took, Tang Ye slowly opened his eyes, and felt that there was no trace of tiredness in his body.

The back of his head was still comfortably soft, and he looked up at the soft curve of the woman's jaw, and at her innocent face staring blankly at the morning sun.

"Awake?" Bao Xi felt the pressure on her legs disappear, and hurriedly looked down at the man in front of her.

Tang Ye sat up, stretched out in extreme comfort, looked back at Bao Xi and smiled: "It's been a long time since I've slept so soundly!" ”

Bao Xi also smiled slightly, but Tang Ye had already turned his head.

"I don't seem to have slept long, and it's not very bright......

Listening to the woman's whispering, Tang Ye also turned his head to look at the fiery morning glow in the east.

He didn't need to sleep long now, and if it weren't for the fact that he had spent too much energy rowing for an hour in a strange position, he would probably still be on his way now.

"Why don't you go back to the system and sleep for a while? Thank you for your hard work last night! Tang Ye said softly to Bao Xi.

"What's so hard about this, we didn't move last night, and it wasn't hard at all......" After saying this, he looked at Tang Ye with a smile.

Tang Ye heard the meaning of this sentence, and glanced at her angrily: "A girl shouldn't drive indiscriminately, okay?" Image-damaging! ”

Hearing this, Bao Xi immediately giggled, and then said with a serious face: "People don't drive, obviously the lord's mind is wrong!" ”

Tang Ye glared at her angrily, then got up and patted his buttocks, and looked at the boat by the river.

For that old man, although he knew that the other party might have something unspeakable, Tang Ye still hated the other party a little.

His granddaughter's life is fate, isn't someone else's life a fate?

But now that he has escaped death, there is no need for him to dwell on this matter. It's just that the next time I meet that old man, I must settle accounts with him!

Letting Bao Xi return to the system, Tang Ye continued to move towards the northwest wind.

Now that there are no horses, his speed has been greatly reduced, so he has to keep on his way in case the task cannot be completed in time!

But fortunately, after crossing the river, it is mainly the territory of Eight Finger City and Hongmeng City, and the most dangerous section of the road is obviously over.

Running and stopping along the way, Tang Ye finally arrived outside Hongmeng City at dusk.

Looking at the towering city wall in front of him, compared to Fanyang and Bazhi City, this Hongmeng City is a real large city!

Especially as a border of power, in addition to the hundreds of meters wide city wall, there are dozens of crossbow towers and arrow towers more than ten meters high, which is terrifying!

When Tang Ye came to the city gate, he was immediately surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers. At this moment, during the war preparation period, anyone who enters and leaves the city will undoubtedly become the object of attention by the end of the line.

However, Tang Ye unhurriedly took out his thousand-sized commander's waist card, and after everyone saw this waist card, they immediately welcomed Tang Ye respectfully into the city.

Whether this identity is true or false, the other party is just one person. And the other party is going to meet the high-level in the city, the soldiers don't know this person named Tang Ye, there must be someone in the high-level who knows.

So under the "escort" of this group of soldiers, Tang Ye was always sent to the front of the Military Council Building of the City Lord's Mansion.

At this moment, there was no one in the military council building, but when Tang Ye's news was conveyed upwards, someone soon came here.

Tang Ye, who had been waiting at the door of the Military Council Building, saw more than a dozen generals in light armor and a person holding a feather fan and looking like a scholar walking towards the Military Council Building from a distance, and the person at the head was Liu Pei, whom Tang Ye knew!

As for the others, because it was night, although countless braziers were lit on both sides of the wide stone steps, the light emitted was not enough to illuminate everyone's face.

When a group of people came to the front, Tang Ye suddenly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Tang Ye, the commander of Fanyang City, has seen the lord!" ”

At this moment, Liu Pei, who was dressed in dark red light armor and had a heroic face, looked at Tang Ye and examined it, revealing a sudden look:

"Oh~ I have the impression that you are the guy who used the virtual and real strategy in the battle of Fanyang! What, what's the matter with coming here? Well...... Get up and speak. ”

Hearing this, Tang Ye stood up and secretly thought in his heart:

"In this way, the first three waves of messengers should have been intercepted. But this is normal, after all, even he, a third-level person, was almost planted, let alone a group of ordinary messengers. ”

"Back to the lord, I'm here to deliver a letter! And it's a hundred thousand urgent letters!! Tang Ye said with a solemn face.

But in his heart, he is not particularly anxious, but at least he has to pretend to be a pretend, otherwise he will not be able to show his loyalty.

"Oh? What letter is so important? Liu Pei said this, beckoning everyone to enter the military council building, only he and the young man with a feather fan stayed.

Tang Ye took out the letter that had already been taken out of the system from his arms and handed it to Liu Pei.

Liu Pei looked at the seal of Liu Bi's private person and the seal of the city guard of Fanyang, and knew that it was his cousin's handwritten letter, so he hurriedly opened it and looked at it.

Tang Ye carefully observed Liu Pei's face, and soon became solemn as he expected!

The young man holding a feather fan on the side looked at the young man in front of him, and then looked at Liu Pei, whose expression had changed dramatically, and couldn't help frowning:

"Lord, what's going on?"

Liu Pei's pair of sharp sword eyebrows were furrowed, and he directly handed the letter in his hand to the young man holding the feather fan: "Look for yourself." ”

After saying this, Liu Pei walked into the military council building quickly, leaving only Tang Ye and the young man with a feather fan standing outside.

Only then did Tang Ye shift his attention to the young man in front of him. Looking at the other party's iconic feather fan, Tang Ye unconsciously recalled a great strategist in "Three Kingdoms" in his mind.

In addition, this young man looked like he was about twenty-five or sixteen, with an elegant atmosphere that could not be concealed, and he was obviously a wise man who had read poetry and books.

In addition, seeing that the relationship between him and Liu Pei is very close, Tang Ye guessed that the person in front of him may be the first strategist of Liu Pei that Wang Lai told him about - Shangguan Di?!

With such a question, Tang Ye couldn't help but ask after the other party read the letter.

Sure enough, Shangguan Di nodded and said in a grateful tone:

"This letter couldn't have come at a better time! The letter said that you were the fourth person to deliver the letter, but you were the only one to deliver it, so you must have gone through a lot of hardship to get here...... Great work! ”