When Lu Zuo heard Pang Gu say that someone was following him, he actually knew it, but he still glanced out of the house a few times uneasily.

Pang Gu knew Brother Lu's intentions, so he smiled and said, "Brother Lu doesn't have to look at it, those few people will be left behind by me before they reach Xining Street!" ”

"It's good to keep an eye on everything, I guess they already know who you are." Lu Zuo pondered, "But you can't go to my house for the time being, wait for a while, and find another place for you to stay." ”

When Lu Zuo and Yin Ji returned home, it was already late at night, and although there were a lot of people on Xining Street at this time, it was much less than when they came at night. As soon as the master and apprentice returned to the mansion, they saw the candle shadows in the wing room flickering in the distance, and a black figure flickering back and forth on the window lattice. Lu Zuo pointed and smiled: "Yo, I almost forgot to retreat!" ”

Yin Ji also glanced up at the wing, "Why is the second uncle still in our room so late?" ”

Lu Zuo didn't answer, just quickened his pace, strode to the door, and then pushed the door directly. It was Chen Huizhi who came to meet him, and when he saw the senior brother coming back, he stepped forward to clasp his fists and salute, saying, "Senior brother, let me look for it!" ”

"Is something wrong?" Lu Zuo had an ominous premonition, and faintly felt that something must have happened between his eyebrows.

Chen Huizhi also looked a little nervous, stood on tiptoe and looked outside the courtyard gate behind Lu Zuo, and after making sure that there was no one, he closed the door, inserted the door latch tightly, and then made a gesture of please, "Come in first!" ”

Lu Zuo blew out the lantern in his hand as he entered the house, and then handed it to Yin Ji to put aside, "My own family, what are you doing so sneakily?" ”

After Chen Huizhi pulled Lu Zuo to sit down, he leaned into the senior brother's ear and whispered a few words. Luzo's expression gradually changed color, and after hearing this, he shouted in panic, "Really? ”

"Seriously!" Chen Huizhi replied categorically.

After Yin Ji put the lantern on the shelf, seeing that Master's expression was wrong, he stepped forward and asked Master eagerly, "Master, has something happened?" Seeing that the master's face sank like water and did not react, he asked Chen Huizhi again, "What's wrong?" ”

Before Chen Huizhi could answer Yin Ji, Lu Zuo asked with a solemn expression: "What conditions does the other party want now?" ”

"They said that they must have 100,000 taels of silver and 150,000 horses of silk, which is called the cost of helping the army."

"It's too deceitful!" Lu Zuo was furious and shot the case, "I can't give it!" ”

Chen Huizhi's face was quite embarrassed, "But if not, the other party will withdraw his troops!" ”

Yin Ji seemed to understand the meaning at this time, this should be related to the master's master, there seems to be some connection between them and the Great Fan Kingdom, could it be that the master is the fine work of the Great Fan Kingdom?

When Lu Zuo heard Chen Huizhi say this, he began to close his eyes and think deeply, why would the Great Fan Kingdom threaten itself at this juncture now?

"Master!" Yin Ji couldn't help but ask anymore, "Are you talking about the affairs of the Great Fan Kingdom?" Are they going to withdraw their troops? Can we not go to the border to fight? Yin Ji was a little excited, if he really wanted to withdraw his troops, then Master wouldn't have to go all the way there, so that Master could recuperate.

Chen Huizhi pulled Yin Ji and made a forbidden gesture, signaling him not to disturb Lu Zuo's thinking. Yin Ji was a little impatient, seeing that they had such an attitude towards the retreat of the Great Fan, he was very dissatisfied, if the master really had a connection with the Great Fan country, he would categorically refuse, this is a foreign country! So he gritted his teeth and said, "Master, do you have anything to do with the soldiers?" Is it someone else's meticulous work? ”

"What's the matter with you little ghost?" Chen Huizhi was also annoyed by Yin Ji's series of questions, "Don't make trouble here!" ”

"Those soldiers are going to retreat, why do you have such a look, shouldn't you be happy?" Yin Ji said indignantly, "I see that you just wanted to bribe the enemy country to let them continue to occupy Shanzhou!" ”

Chen Hui glanced at Yin Ji with a serious face, and said coldly: "It's not as simple as you think." ”

Lu Zuo, who lowered his head and pondered, seemed to be awakened by Yin Ji's words, and after a long time, he smiled slyly, raised his head and said, "Don't worry, they won't retreat!" ”

Chen Huizhi asked in surprise: "How can you see it?" ”

Yin Ji asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with Master?" ”

Lu Zuo patted Yin Ji's shoulder, then sat down and smiled lovingly, "It's okay to tell you now."

Yin Ji also pulled out the stool and sat down, waiting with great anticrisy for the master to tell the truth.

"The Great Fan Kingdom and the Qita Kingdom are going to jointly annex several major states and counties in the border passes, in fact, I already knew about it!"

"Huh? How do you know? Are you really a prophet? ”

Lu Zuo shook his head, "Where there are uncertain prophets, they all rely on various information channels, through some clues, and speculation, to achieve what you call 'uncertain prophets'." As early as the year before last, when the teacher was still in his hometown in Shanzhou, some of his subordinates told us about every move of the Great Fan Kingdom. ”

"Oh?" Yin Ji was curious and surprised, "What did they do to make Master, you expect that they would attack our court?" ”

"Of course, we bought a large number of horses from the beggar country, built a large number of weapons, and also sent Xiruo Zanzhuo, the son of Xilingzan, to patrol the border, if there is no other intention, why do this."

"But you just said that they wanted to blackmail you, saying that if you don't take out the silver or something, you will withdraw from the army, why do they say that?"

Lu Zuo smiled and said, "Ji'er, do you think that being a teacher will be a fine work of the Great Fan Kingdom?" ”

Yin Ji looked at Master with noncommittal eyes. Lu Zuo continued: "Actually, just when the Great Fan Kingdom wanted to send troops, we had already gone to meet the lord of the Great Fan Kingdom once! ”

"How is that possible?" Yin Ji questioned, "Although Dafan is not as fertile as our Central Plains, I have also heard that their country is not small, how can their lord meet you?" ”

After hearing this, Chen Huizhi laughed, patted his chest and said, "Of course, it's because of Uncle Ben and me!" Lu Zuo glanced at him with contempt, and Chen Huizhi changed his words in embarrassment, "Of course, it's also because of my stepfather and master." ”

"Why?"

Chen retreated: "I am the leader of the alliance of the green forests of the seven provinces, and my master and father-in-law are well-known figures in Shanzhou, they want to break through Shanzhou, and they may be able to beat the defenders of Shanzhou, but if we combine the inside and outside, even if we can't defeat the Dafan army, it is still okay to hold Shanzhou." ”

Yin Ji looked at Chen Huizhi puzzled, "But why did Shanzhou still lose later?" Even Lanzhou was about to be broken at that time, wasn't it? ”