Gongzijia had just returned to Handan the night before, and someone came to report early the next morning, and Guo Kai Xiangye came to visit.

Guo Xiangye was lightly dressed today, only brought a little slave who served tea, carrying a black and red lacquer phoenix bird pattern tea lacquer box, with a respectful attitude and a calm gait into the room.

entered the main hall and sat down with Gongzi Jia. Guo Kai's face was pale, and he was not at all as suave as he was on weekdays.

Guo Kai called the tea slave, brought the lacquered tea box he brought, opened it, and there were a few cakes of dark red tea cakes inside.

Guo Kai said softly: "This is from Shudi, called 'Yan Fat Buckle', which is the best ancient tea in the mountains, combined with rice milk, made into tea cakes, and roasted into vermilion. ”

Guo Kai handed the tea cake to Gongzijia: "This tea cake is very complicated, this is still ......" He suddenly stopped talking, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

Childe Jia handed the tea cake to the tea slave kneeling next to him.

The tea slave took the tea cake with both hands above his head, and silently and obediently retreated to a small bronze stove and began to make tea.

"Gongzi has not been in the royal city for many days, and he has raised dust towards the Middle East Sea, and things are wrong."

His voice was low and quiet, and for a while it really gave Gongzi Jia the illusion that he was reminiscing about sadness.

The water in the silver kettle on the small charcoal stove boiled.

The tea slave lowered his eyebrows and carefully grinded the "swallow fat button" tea taken from the tea cake, poured boiling water, and a rich tea fragrance spread.

A faint white mist floats in the delicate clay bowl. The tea soup in the bowl is a slightly darker and moist color than amber.

Guo Kai respectfully placed this bowl of tea soup in front of Gongzijia with both hands.

Gongzi Jia also bowed deeply and expressed his respect.

"I said I was sad, and not many people believed. But don't be sad that's true or false. Guo Kai seems to have reached an intimate level of talking about nothing with Gongzijia because of this cup of tea.

"Believe it or not, my friendship with the king has not changed for decades. Even if you are sorry for anyone, you are not sorry for me Guo Kai in the slightest. ”

When Guo Kai said this, two lines of tears actually flowed on his delicate face, and he looked a little down-and-out.

Gongzijia listened silently, took a sip of tea, and said nothing.

Guo Kai sighed softly and wiped away the tears. "Childe, you know, compared to other people, between you and me, it is a father and nephew."

Gongzijia's eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself that this should be the point, so he bowed his head slightly encouragingly.

"At this moment, there is an undercurrent surging in the DPRK and China. More unexpected things can happen at any time. Guo Kaizheng said: "So Gongzi and I must join forces to stabilize the DPRK and China, so that we can secure the country and the country when General Li Muda is fighting against Qin on the front line." ”

Childe Jia breathed a sigh of relief, just as he expected.

He was actually a little tired of Guo Kai's small atmosphere.

When the first king passed away, he was not sad in his heart. After all, father and son for more than ten years.

However, in the past few years, the father-son relationship has worn out most of the friendship between father and son.

Gongzijia raised his head, looked at Guo Kai's harmless handsome face opposite him with clear eyes, and said, "Why did Guo Xiangye teach me." Please speak. ”

Guo was happy and relaxed, and hurriedly said: "Invest in the peach and return the plum, and everyone takes what they need." I know that there are quite a few old ministers in the court, and they are still the help of Gongzi. You keep my phase unchanged, and I will protect my son to take down the treasurer of Zhao Guoda. ”

"Oh?" The company's Jia Meng raised his eyes and said in his heart: This position of treasurer of Zhao Guoda, who is in charge of finance, has handled countless gold and silver, and has always been Guo Kai's taboo, and whoever touches it will die. Unexpectedly, Guo Kai was so generous today.

Gongzijia quickly concealed his surprise, remained silent, and slowly sipped tea.

"Guo Kaixiangye is really a very elegant gentleman. In this way, the tea is not like ordinary people with salt or any other seasonings, and the pure taste is maintained, and it is really delicious. Childe Jia diverted the topic.

"Childe is elegant. It's just the icing on the cake. ”

Gongzijia took two more sips of tea before smiling and saying to Guo Kai: "Guo Xiang, please rest assured." ”

Guo was overjoyed, as if he had received Gongzijia's guarantee, and hurriedly poured Gongzijia another cup of tea, and said: "The new king is young, and he has to rely on Gongzi and the old ministers to support and take care of him. ”

Gongzijia nodded this time, put down the teacup gently, and said, "Guo Xiangcai is the pillar of the country." It's really bothering. ”

Fan Yuzhi led the way in front, and Huan Qi couldn't see his back clearly in the wind and snow, only the sound of horses' hooves in front of him creaking softly on the snow in the north wind.

I don't know if my more than 100 people are considered a fighting force. Huan Qi looked around suspiciously.

At the beginning, when Fan Yuzhi asked this team to follow him, dozens of pro-soldier lieutenants rushed forward to prepare to slash this guy.

Originally, in front of the army, where was there anything to say to the pavilion master who had seen the light.

But all of a sudden, the soldiers who rushed forward were like a thunderbolt, all of them had black faces, vomited blood and died.

Fan Yuzhi's sudden display of powerful martial arts shocked everyone.

Huan Qi is very aware of the current affairs and ordered to follow Fan Yu as the pavilion master, and he is not allowed to make a mistake.

So the soldiers marched hard in the wind and snow, and followed their generals without complaint.

The cry of the north wind has gradually faded, but the goose feathers and heavy snow are still sweeping towards everyone.

In the dark night, the snowflakes flickered faintly, as if they were floating points of light in the dark night.

Huan Qi is a man who has fought in the north. He felt that this kind of snow was very different from the snow he had encountered in the desolate Northern Great Qin Curtain Ground.

The darkness of a real snowy night is endless. The snowflakes in the dark are also felt but not seen. And the snow here ......

The horse team continued to walk forward without end.

Suddenly, Fan Yuqi turned around and said loudly to Huan Qi: "General, please line up in columns." The road ahead is narrow, and only one person and one horse can pass. ”

Huan Qi felt that it would be unwise to challenge Fan's authority under unclear circumstances.

He had just wanted to command his pro-soldier team to change to a column, when a pro-soldier next to him rushed out of his horse.

This is a veteran of his personal guard, who has always been short-tempered and loyal.

This veteran had long been unaccustomed to Fan Yuzhi's inexplicable behavior, and planned to rush forward to question him, shouting: "Fan Yu......"

Before he could say the word "period", the figure of the horse moving forward suddenly seemed to fall into the invisible abyss in front of him, and disappeared into the snowy night.

The crowd was horrified. Huan Qi suppressed the fear in his heart, and angrily squeezed out a scream from between his teeth: "Fan Yuzhi! ”

The figure in front of him paused, and Fan Yuqi's cold voice came: "The general command your team, don't let your people make senseless sacrifices." ”

Huan Qi held back his anger and said simply to the people around him: "The column of single people is all following me." ”

However, there were still a few brave soldiers and adjutants who grabbed Huan Qi's horse. Everyone lined up in a single line and continued to move forward in the dark night against the wind and snow.

A pair of centaurs clearly felt the increasing elevation of the terrain. They're climbing.

I don't know how many hours I followed Fan Yuzhi, and when I couldn't even move my horse, I suddenly saw a courtyard in front of me.

Beyond the low courtyard wall, you can see the dim lights fainting in the windy and snowy night.

The compound occupies a large area, but it has only a pair of small wooden doors.

Everyone dismounted and led their horses into the courtyard gate.

Huan Qi also raised his feet and entered the courtyard. The courtyard was covered with snow, and it looked as if no one had ever visited.

Fan Yuqi said to Huan Qi: "Let's rest here tonight." In the main room, I had a night conversation with the general. The rest of the men rested in the wings on either side of it. ”

After speaking, he didn't look back, and took the lead into the big room in the middle.

Huan Qi waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat to the wing room to rest. There were more than a dozen personal guards who refused to leave no matter what, so Huan Qi had to let them wait in the courtyard, and pushed open the main house and walked in alone.

The room was rudimentary, except for a candle flickering lifelessly, who had lit it before they arrived.

Huan Qi sat down opposite Fan Yuzhi with a big grin, military habits, sitting with his back straight, arms ringed, majestic.

Fan Yuzhi sat very relaxed, his face was calm, and his ordinary facial features combined with a hint of indifference made him look a little cold.

"I'm afraid the general will have to rest here for a few days." Fan Yuzhi said lightly.

All of Huan Qi's anger suddenly erupted at this time.

He patted the case and said, "What the hell are you doing?" Where did Qin's army go? Where is this? Who are you? ”

Fan Yuzhi's face finally smiled unabashedly at the conceit in his heart.

He shook his head and said, "Don't be impatient, general. It's a long night, and we have time to talk slowly. ”

After speaking, Fan Yuqi stretched out his hand to the fire pit of a cold stove next to him, and the fire in the furnace "poofed".

It didn't take long for the copper kettle on the fire to steam. The water is boiling.

"Come on," Fan Yuqi breathed a sigh of relief to Huan Qi and said leisurely, "Drink a bowl of hot water." In the midst of a snowstorm, a long journey, what could be more pleasant than a bowl of hot water?! ”

In the short time just now, countless thoughts, speculations and assumptions had flashed through Huan Qi's heart like a galloping horse, but in the absence of a clear understanding of friend and foe, he decided not to say a word.

"Did you know that you and your people are already dead?" Fan Yuzhi said slowly: "Leave the battle formation without permission, abandon the army and leave." It is not only a deception, but also a traitor. What else can the general do? ”

Huan Qi stared at the steaming bowl of boiling water in front of him and was silent.

"What does the general want most when he knows that people are about to die?" Fan asked faintly.

Then he asked himself and said, "A lot of people will say this or that." No, no, no. Guess nothing right. Because when people die, there is only one thing they want, life. ”

Fan Yuzhi continued unhurriedly: "If he could live, he would say that he didn't want anything, just lived. But if he is given a job, he will want more. Desire will crawl like vines all over his veins. What the living want, endlessly. “

Fan Yuzhi drank two sips of hot water and raised his eyes to stare at Huan Qi.

Huan Qi remained silent.

"So now I hope the general doesn't think too much. Don't even think about how to survive. Because you can't think of it. ”

After speaking, Fan Yuzhi actually got up and opened the door of the house, walked out of the courtyard in a few steps, and disappeared into the wind and snow.

Huan Qi stood up with a "pout", and his movements overturned the table and the two bowls of hot water on it that were about to cool.

He hurried out the door. The guards in the courtyard hula surrounded him. Hearing the movement, everyone in the wing room also ran out.

When they got out of the hospital, they found that things had changed. Where is there still the shadow of the wind and snow.

There was no trace of snow on the rocky ground inside and outside the courtyard, not even a single sign of wetting.

The sky is full of stars, within reach. The clear moon hung in the sky. And the courtyard where they are actually does not exist.

They are just standing on the top of a steep peak with thousands of walls. It is surrounded by cliffs and bottomless ravines.

It's just a small platform on top of the summit. There are three wooden houses, and it is difficult to even protect from the wind and rain.

In the night, everyone looked at each other, and they all fell into deep despair.

"Wait here!" Suddenly, a voice seemed to come from halfway up the mountain: "General, your head will still be very useful." Fan Yuzhi's voice was mixed with a bit of ridicule, drifting farther and farther.

Huan Qi asked in a low voice in disbelief: "Did you all hear it?" ”

Everyone nodded and agreed, but only the adjutant said tremblingly: "General, we ...... Are we kidnapped? ”

The back alley of Xuanwu Street in Handan Wangcheng.

A light carriage creaked to a halt at the corner gate of a large mansion in the middle of the night.

The curtain on the carriage was lifted, and a slender and graceful figure leaned out of the carriage lightly.

The coachman did not say a word, and when the woman had stepped out of the carriage, he drove the carriage into the middle of the night and disappeared.

Fan Qiu straightened the corners of his clothes and gently hugged his right shoulder with his left hand, wanting to dispel some of the coldness.

There was still a hint of precipitation in this early summer night.

She lifted the burden in her hand again, walked to the corner door, and knocked lightly. The door creaked open from the inside.

The moment Fan Qiu stepped into the door, he thought helplessly: "After completing this mission, can you really set me free?" ”

This mission is not the task of Jiugong, but Gongzi Jia directly and personally.

The handsome young man leaned down and said to Fan Qiu, who was kneeling on the ground: "Go ahead, you train to become a spy, just treat it as a spy." I don't want much news, I just need to know, who else are there in the huge Handan City of Jiugong? Who is directing them? ”

The handsome boy has a pair of eyes that are as deep as water. As long as Fan Qiu met his eyes, he couldn't help but want to believe every word he said.

"Go according to the original plan that Jiugong gave you. I will take care of your son and daughter. I will arrange for Mr. Teacher to enlighten them and teach them to read and write. Gongzijia said, with encouragement in his tone.

Fan Qiu raised his teary eyes in surprise, and asked with a pitiful face: "Then when will Gongzi return the child to me?" ”

"When you give me the information, you can fly away with them. It's okay to leave Zhao, or even go back to Qin. ”

"Childe isn't trying to trick me?"

"It's a word. No jokes. ”

Before Fan Qiu was captured by Zhao Jun, the original plan of the Nine Palaces was to pass on the information in the tiger and immediately rush to Handan as a fat Qiu family's maid to accept a new mission.

Fan Qiu only knew that the people who contacted him would use a code word.

She originally wanted to tell Gongzi Jia the secret words, but Gongzi Jia said, "There are some secrets that don't need to be said. Someone will come and talk to me about this code? ”

Fan Qiu saw that the corner door behind him was tightly closed. She cheered herself up and said, "As long as you start, there will always be an end." It's early. Nothing is more important than making a child live a better life.

When Shao Yi was in recess, he leaned against the wall of the corridor of the teaching building with his head down, one long leg raised and leaned back against the wall, and he was playing a game with his mobile phone in both hands.

He used his spare eyes to watch Feng Luotang walk out of the classroom, watch her go to the place where the water is turned on to catch water, and then watch her talk and laugh with the girls around her and walk back.

When he was about to get closer, Shao Yi raised his head.

Feng Luotang held the water glass very tacitly and swayed over: "What's the matter, young master?" ”

Shao Yi stretched out a hand and said, "Take it." ”

Feng Luotang suddenly panicked, didn't bother to look around, and quickly reached out to grab the things in Shao Yi's hand.

The touch made her immediately understand that it was a small note.

Ah. Feng Luotang's pink girl's heart began to bubble. It's the cutest thing about a little note.

Like a cat that has just caught a fish, she jumped into the toilet cubicle.

The note read: "Brother Yu told us to go to Jingming Palace tonight, see you or leave." "Jingming Palace is Gongzijia's residence.

Feng Luotang was a little disappointed for some reason, pursed his lips and said to himself: "What is said in one sentence, what kind of note to write." White made me think...... Blind rejoice. ”

With that, press and hold the note with your other finger. Gradually, a faint golden stream of air floated in her palm.

The note and Shao Yi's thin and clear handwriting on it slowly turned to ashes.