Before dawn the next day, Jingruo had quietly gotten up, and after freshening up, he went to the room to prepare breakfast and send it to the back room.

Lu Zuo woke up when he heard the movement, opened his sleepy eyes slightly, and asked, "Why did the lady get up so early?" ”

Jingruo replied with a heavy heart while setting the dishes and chopsticks: "I have prepared breakfast for you, and now the time is almost up, just freshen up and eat first." ”

After Lu Zuo finished washing up and cleaned up after breakfast, he saw that the time for the ointment was about to come, so he asked him to hurry up after a few words of advice. When Lu Zuo pushed the door out, Yin Ji had already cleaned up and was already standing outside the courtyard waiting.

Yin Ji happily rushed to the master, "Master, Ji'er is ready, the carriage outside the door is already waiting." Obviously, Yin Ji is looking forward to this expedition to the west.

Lu Zuo nodded, "What about retreating?" ”

"He's already gone early in the morning, and they're moving fast, probably arriving many days earlier than us."

Jing Ruo earnestly instructed Yin Ji: "Little Yin Ji, you must take care of your master!" ”

Yin Ji patted his chest and said proudly: "Master, you can put a hundred hearts, I will escort the master with Ji'er, and few people can get close." ”

Jing Ruo smiled slightly, "Yes, I almost forgot that you have always been by your master's side." This time in the west, you and your master must be careful, don't act rashly in case of trouble, think twice about everything, remember? ”

"Hmm......" Yin Ji nodded vigorously, "Ji Er is brave, Master is strategic, our master and apprentice are together, and there is absolutely no one to beat." This time, Ji'er can't wait to show her strength! ”

Lu Zuo patted the back of Yin Ji's head and said with a smile: "You are just a family member accompanying you, where you can go into battle, you should listen to me obediently, and you are not allowed to run around anywhere, otherwise you won't be allowed to go together!" ”

Yin Ji listened to it, but he retreated a step and didn't dare to speak. Lu Zuo turned around and instructed his wife, "Jingruo, this time we don't know when we will be able to come back, for the sake of your husband, you should go back to your parents' house for a few days, and wait until the day when our class teacher returns to the court!" ”

"Go with confidence! I know things at home! By the way, there is one more thing......" Jing Jingruo said as he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Zuo, "This time you pass through Lanzhou, you will hand over this letter of mine to my brother." ”

Lu Zuo smiled and nodded, "Now An Shiqing is also my eldest brother, I will definitely do this." ”

Quietly standing at the gate of the mansion, watching their carriage disappear into the sea of people in the morning light, the five tastes in his heart were mixed, and a thought secretly grew in his heart.

The crown prince Liu Yan was ordered by the Han Emperor today to see off Gao Yun, the generalissimo of the Western Expedition, on behalf of the saint. People outside the city shouted horses, dust and smoke everywhere, the 100,000 army was ready to go, and the roads to and from the city had been blocked by the royal family, and the news of Gao Yun's expedition to Shanzhou had spread all over the Han Dynasty's Kyoto, but many people didn't seem to be very satisfied with the newly appointed marshal, or didn't believe it very much, after all, the person called Xun Mou has always been a hero from their word of mouth, and even he will be defeated, let alone a fledgling calf like Gao Yun!

The crown prince Liu Yan stood on the city tower and watched the army march away, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, and muttered with a locked brow: "I hope that General Gao can recover Shanzhou in one fell swoop!" ”

In autumn, everything was slaughtered, and the Han army went all the way west, but saw the flowers and plants withering and the trees withered, but they were all rare good weather, which really responded to the four words "autumn is high and cool". The army marched for nearly half a month, and finally came to the wilderness fifty miles outside the city of Lanzhou. Gao Yun hurriedly ordered the army to rest in place, and let Lu Zuo come to him. Lu Zuo was led by the adjutant general to the tent that had just been erected, and saw Gao Yun pacing back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, so he asked, "Marshal Gao, why did you order the army to stop suddenly?" ”

Gao Yun looked up and saw that the eldest brother had come, and waved his hand to the deputy general in the room, asking him to go down first, and then said: "Big brother, you still call me Gao Yun, the marshal is long and the marshal is short, and I am annoyed when I hear it." Now that you're almost in Lanzhou, what do you say you can do? ”

Lu Zuo was silent and asked, "What about the map?" ”

Gao Yun took out a map from his bosom and spread it flat on the table in the middle of the tent.

Lu Zuo pointed to the map, "The location we are in now is still a little far away from Lanzhou City, we will travel another thirty miles, and we will be stationed twenty miles outside Lanzhou City." It was flat and open, suitable for our army to be stationed in a pot for cooking. ”

"But why camp there? Originally, I thought about Lanzhou City, stationed outside Shanzhou City, and formed a confrontation with Dafan. Gao Yun asked puzzled.

Lu Zuo's eagle-like eyes looked in the direction of Lanzhou City, "Our top priority now is not to go into battle to kill the enemy. ”

"What's that? Are we here to recover Shanzhou? ”

"No, there's one more important thing to do! That's to find out the spies! ”

Gao Yun looked at Lu Zuo suspiciously, and when he saw that his eldest brother was confident, he asked, "Spy?" Are you saying that we have spies in our army? ”

"It's not in our army, it's in Lanzhou City!"

"There are spies in Lanzhou City?" Gao Yun couldn't believe it, "Big brother, how did you know that there were spies in Lanzhou City?" ”

Lu Zuo then told Gao Yun what he had said to Yin Ji before. Gao Yun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then nodded again and again, suddenly realized, "No wonder even the invincible Xun Mou will be defeated by Xiruo Zanzhuo's men, it turns out that there is a traitor." ”

"So the first thing to do is to hoe the traitor, we must stay in Lanzhou City for a few days, as long as this traitor is eradicated, then the annihilation of Dafan is just around the corner!"

Gao Yun still couldn't believe it, "Big brother, are you sure?" Since this person is a traitor, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find out! ”

"Don't worry, I've got a solution!" Lu Zuo showed his confident smile again.

"Good! Then I will immediately order the army to continue to march! ”

Gao Yun's voice fell, and the outside probed the Malay newspaper, "Tell the marshal, Lanzhou Assassin Shi Fang gradually ordered Wei Nuo to come to meet the marshal." ”

After hearing this, Lu Zuo looked at Gao Yun with a smile, "The opportunity has come!" ”

"Opportunity?" Gao Yun asked in a low voice, "Where to start?" ”

"Let's take this opportunity to find out what is real. Since Wei Nuo is very well judged in Lanzhou, he naturally knows the situation in Lanzhou City well, and he will definitely be able to get something out of his mouth! Lu Zuo stepped forward and whispered to Gao Yun what to do next.

Gao Yun glanced at Lu Zuo, then nodded to the eldest brother, indicating that he had understood, so he waved his hand to Tanma, "Please!" ”

Suddenly, a thin man wearing court clothes, light eyebrows and willow beard, walked briskly to the camp tent, and saw a burly man standing in the middle, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, with his back to him, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him, "Xiaguan Lanzhou Tongju Wei Nuo has seen Marshal Gao." Feng Fang is ordered at this time"