At this time, on the Nanlian Waterway, a fast boat was moving against the current. The strong man who stepped on the water to save people was shaking the oars at this time. In fact, it doesn't matter if he shakes it or not, the current is too turbulent, and there is no way to sail against the current just by rocking the oar. The reason why the ship can move so briskly is not the strength of the row, but the internal force of the boatman.

Just look at the light wind of his swaying clouds, as if it was effortless. Su Mingxi, who was rescued on the boat, sat on the bow of the boat, the moonlight sprinkled and shone on her face, cold and pretty. She knew who saved her, after all, she also knew the martial arts. It's just that the man only cares about rocking the oar, but he doesn't look at her.

But Su Mingxi, who has always been knowledgeable, still said thank you. Although he knew that listening to the person around him was something that required patience.

The man heard Su Mingxi and thanked him. He replied, "You don't have to do a certain task at this time. A few cold words were thrown out, just like speaking was also completing a task.

When Su Mingxi heard the word task, he also knew his situation. After all, in this world, this "shadow has no double steps, and the horse steps on seventeen states." "I'm afraid there is only one person who is a hero and a strong man, and she can't forget it.

"How did Sixth Brother Chu know that I was here?" After many years of seeing each other, Su Mingxi still called out her usual name and expressed her own questions. After all, the person who could give her the task of Sixth Brother Chu at this time should not know where she is.

But when he saw the sixth brother Chu who always had an iceberg face and cherished words like gold, he said: "Mr. Chen from Xiyue sent flying pigeons when you set off, and when the master saw it, he ordered me to look for an escort in Nanlian Mountain." After speaking, he continued to shake the oar, but he thought of something again, so he said: "County lord, you are a nobleman, Chu Tieyi is just a martial artist, you don't have to be called the sixth brother." ”

Su Mingxi was not surprised to hear him say this, so he had to joke with a wry smile: "County lord? What kind of county lord am I. She looked at the moonlight, reminisced about the story, and said, "It's just a medicine girl in the countryside." ”

But the one who swayed said: "I only know that you are the county lord of Liang Pei who is the grace of His Majesty, and it is the grace of His Majesty to the commander, not that you say no." ”

Su Mingxi, who was scared of this, also had no tricks, what people mean is that the honorific title is not for your face, but for the face of others, and your feelings are not important. Su Mingxi had no choice but to shake his head, and said in his heart that Chu Tieyi really didn't say anything about human affection, and only respected the master. I don't know how the master subdued such an iron lump back then. But if you really want to go on with it, you are a little unwilling, so you say: "Then your commander is also resigned." ”

Su Mingxi means that your commander can not have an official position, why can't she not mention the honorific title. But I heard Chu Tieyi say: "Although the Grand Commander is not in office, His Majesty has not removed the number of the Protector Army and the score of the Grand Commander, and your name has always been on the noble spectrum of Da Zheng." Liang Pei, who has always been the county lord of the imperial court, is the fiancée promised by His Majesty to the commander, and is also the head of a certain future family. ”

Su Mingxi didn't know how to respond to this sentence, especially the three words "fiancée", at first glance, she felt a little confused, but she was happy. But in retrospect, it all turned into a bitter smile. Yes, I traveled the world for three years to practice medicine, trying to forget a person, but the more I remember, the clearer I became, but what I couldn't remember was that I had already been promised by the high monarch to be the fiancée of this unforgettable enemy.

She didn't want to talk about these things anymore, so she only said: "Now that there seems to be no danger in this area, can you park the boat on the shore, my two friends don't know where they are, and I want to find them." ”

"No, since I received the county lord, of course I want to escort him to the master safely. X didn't dare and wouldn't let you get off the ship alone, and as for the others, X didn't receive the task. "It's still like that, and I don't talk about it at all.

"You!" Su Mingxi, who has always been good-tempered, is in a hurry. But he listened to the swayer and said, "If the county lord has any ideas, he can tell the master that he will be punished at that time." You don't know someone who just knows, and you know what kind of character a certain person is. A certain self-confidence with a certain martial arts, will be delivered to you safely. ”

Su Mingxi said in his heart, yes, what kind of temperament is your Chu Tieyi, and it is a temperament that can't be pulled back by twenty cows. As for martial arts, there is no second master of any rank at the age of thirty. Didn't you mean to tell her not to run, and she couldn't run away? So much so that Su Mingxi always doubted whether this man regarded her as the master's family or the goods of the dart game.

But on this ship, she, a nobleman, has no right to speak. Looking at the shuttle of the clipper, he knew that even if he landed at this time, he would not be able to find Meng Zhichu and Mu Qinghan. It's better to wait and see what happens. She watched the ship go north and asked, "Where are we going?" ”

"Quzhou."

"Is he in Quzhou?"

"Yes." Chu Tieyi's answer is always simpler than a secret letter.

Thinking of seeing that person again, Su Mingxi felt a little indescribable at this time. Before in Xiyue City, Meng Zhichu could be used as a relaxation and excuse to avoid talking to him too much. But now, she has to face him.

Chu Tieyi is worthy of being a master of any level, and when he urges the internal force, he makes the clipper far superior to the carriage and horse. He counted the hours and where he had gone, so he took a bamboo whistle from his neck and blew it three times.

Soon a black dove landed on his shoulder, and he lowered the oar, but did not interfere with the progress of the ship in the slightest. He took out a small strip of white silk cloth from his bosom, on which were already written dense letters, tied it to the leg of the black dove, and let it go.

At the same time, the person who received the news from the flying pigeon was also the general Liu who was confronting Uncle Chun Yu Xian in Xiyue City at this moment. The difference is that it's a white flying pigeon.

Thinking that half a month ago, he still surrounded Xiyue City, and then it was his turn to be surrounded. It's just that unlike Chun Yu Xianzhong, his 20,000 Jianyong have all arrived, and the soldiers in the city are well fed, and with the cannons left by Chun Yu Xianzhong, he did not panic at all in the face of the siege of the 20,000 willow battalions outside the city.

At night, I lit the oil lamp and read his poems and scripts. Until his subordinates brought him the newly arrived flying pigeon to pass the book. He looked at the lamp and sighed. circulated it left and right, including General Zhang who rounded up Mu Qinghan at the beginning.

As soon as General Zhang saw the letter, he said: "General Song is trapped by Yang Nanpu? ”

General Liu then looked at his "Quanning Poems" and said: "Lao Song is a person who has a lot of bravery, Yang Nanpu is the first general of the Southern Tour, and he guards Xinyuan as a strong city. For a while, he couldn't eat Yang Nanpu's 30,000 army. ”

"But if General Song doesn't lead his army south, we will face the 20,000 willow battalions and garrisons in various places alone. Although our soldiers in Hengzhou are all elites, they are also facing the Shuliu Battalion, which has been dealing with us for decades, and if there is a loss, the strategy of the military division to attack left and right will fail. ”

"What can I do? Lao Song is a real person, if the commander surnamed Shu is the commander, he is afraid that the southern patrol city has already hoisted a white flag at this moment. He stood up, paced left and right, and then said: "But if it is really a book general, the king will not rest assured, and I will not pass on the matter of Mu Qinghan to the past." ”

When General Zhang heard this, he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "It's all the fault of his subordinates, if he hadn't let that kid go, it wouldn't have been like this." ”

When General Liu saw him like this, he first looked him up and down, and then helped him up very attentively. "I said, reassure you, how come you are always like this." Then he turned his back, "To be honest, I really don't want to do anything to him." As I told you last time, the king may not want to do anything to him. ”

He turned around and said to General Zhang: "It's still the same sentence, people are real relatives, we are outsiders, think about it, it's better to leave it to the king to deal with." So in the previous biography to Lao Song, I said 'captured alive'. After saying that, he smiled.

"In this way, I threw this hot potato to General Song."

General Liu picked up his book again, "It's also Lao Song, if it's the one surnamed Shu, I'm afraid I'll either let Qinghan go, or hide it for him." For us, it is most appropriate to send Mu Qinghan to Hengzhou. Now I only hope that Lao Song can fight for some anger and not let them leave the southern tour. Otherwise, the king will know about this, and everyone will not be able to get off the stage. ”

Although the weather is getting hotter, there are sometimes cold winds at night. General Liu always likes to leave the door open when he reads, and a gust of cold wind suddenly blew on the door, and he inadvertently sneezed. General Liu touched his nose: "It seems that Old Song is scolding again." ”

At this moment, the soldiers from outside came to report that the king of the southern patrol outside the city had sent envoys into the city.

"If you really deserve to come, it will come." Liu Chunqing smiled, put down the book in his hand, and said, "Let him in." ”

Under the guidance of the guards, a middle-aged man dressed in civilian official clothes and holding a talisman strode up to the hall. Looking at his appearance, General Liu couldn't help but say: "Lord Qi is so majestic, but the envoys of the princes hold talismans that can only be used by His Majesty, isn't it that the King of Southern Patrol still wants to go further?" ”

That person is Qi Yun, the deacon of the Privy Council of the Southern Patrol Country, this Lord Qi is a third-generation veteran of the Southern Patrol Country, and even Chun Yu Xianzhong does not dare not give face. He was not a minister of the Southern Tour, but a twenty-three year jinshi of Da Zheng Quande, a former official of the Ministry of Rites, and invited a doctor from the Wupin Dynasty, serving Emperor Zheng Huan and Emperor Zheng Wei. During the reign of King Hui of the Southern Tour, Emperor Wei was attacking from afar and conquering the Central Plains. The princes either obeyed or resisted, and the king of the southern patrol worshiped in the north in order to seek partial peace, and called on the princes to abide by the courtiers and respect Emperor Wei.

Emperor Zheng Wei rewarded him for his meritorious service, and sent Lord Qi Yun to the south with a festival to increase the authority of the etiquette system to show his gratitude. I don't want to talk to King Hui and Qi Yun in the south, and it is very speculative, and after two months, they will be irreversible to each other. So the king of the southern tour wrote to Emperor Zheng Wei and asked Qi Yun to be the deacon of the privy council of the southern tour. Emperor Wei considered that the southern tour was docile and rare, so he made an order. After the southern tour of King Hui, Qi Yun successively assisted Chun Yu Xianbo, Chun Yu Xianzhong, half a month ago, Yang Nanpu was ordered to support the three princes Chun Yu Xianshu, that is, the throne of the Southern Tour, and he was an out-and-out old and serious minister of the Southern Tour.

The old man has five kings, and he has never seen anything, and of course General Liu's big hat can't be buckled on his body. I only listened to the felt hair on the tie runes, and said unhurriedly: "General Liu's words are very wrong, such as respecting the imperial court, I visited the north as early as the first emperor. And to do rebellious things, in addition to Zhao Xuandare, among the thirteen kingdoms, it is your Hengzhou King Liu Senke. ”

General Liu didn't want to fight, so he said directly: "Lord Qi Yun is worthy of being a jinshi of the imperial court, so what is the so-called matter when you come here?" ”

Qi Yun stroked his long beard and said, "Of course General Liu knows, since you don't want to say more, the old man will help you recall." In the past, the general and my king conspired to seize Chun Yu Xianzhong, and our king promised that when the general besieged the city, our king would not move. The general entered the city, and my king ascended the throne of the southern tour. At that time, the general returned to Hengzhou, and our king and the king of Hengzhou made an alliance and sent troops to Jiujiang. This was agreed between the old man and the general half a month ago. ”

General Liu touched his forehead, but said: "Originally, it was indeed said that my king made a contract with your king in order to discuss the king of Jiujiang. It's a pity that now the Chongyi army is strong, and when it goes south to Xinyuan, your country's 30,000 troops can't recover Quzhou. Without Quzhou, not even bordering the king of Jiujiang, how can my king believe that your king can help my army marching eastward? ”

"Haha" Qi Yun chuckled twice and said: "The general doesn't know, last night General Yang launched a surprise attack in Xinyuan, and the Chongyi army outside Xinyuan City was defeated, and all of them have withdrawn to Quzhou. The siege of the new plains has been lifted. A counterattack on Quzhou is about to take place in the near future. ”

As soon as he heard this, General Liu felt bad, but he didn't know whether it was true or not. But he knew that in terms of the art of war, Yang Nanpu could indeed do it. If the Chongyi army fails to move south, he will be stationed in a lonely city in West Vietnam, not only facing the 20,000 troops of Chun Yu Xianshu, but also the 30,000 garrisons that have been assembled in various parts of the southern tour, which is not very optimistic.

So he asked General Zhang to investigate, and he then said to Qi Yun: "So what? The adult is an old minister of the Southern Tour, and he should know that the city of Xiyue City is high and deep, even if the 50,000 troops go together, he may not be able to take Xiyue City. ”

Qi Yun said: "General Liu said that he laughed, where can I use 50,000 troops to take Xiyue, 20,000 willow battalions are enough, as for the other soldiers and horses, the old man has ordered them to enter the 13 mountains of Baichuan and guard the roads of various mountain passes, and ensure that mosquitoes will not be able to fly out of the southern tour." ”

"What!" General Liu couldn't help but hear this, if it was really as the old man said, his 20,000 troops could only be trapped in the southern tour, and he would not be able to return to Hengzhou. Xindao This old fox is really powerful, if the defeat of the Chongyi army is true, then his army is also quite dangerous.

At this time, General Zhang ran over and whispered a few words in his ear. After listening to this, his color did not change, but he wiped his forehead with his hand. Qi Yun saw that the words had already been said to this point, so he continued: "However, my king remembered the covenant with the general, and he didn't want to embarrass the general. It is only said that Xiyue City is Chun Yu Xianzhong's old nest, if the king of Hengzhou likes it, it doesn't hurt to borrow some time, the focus is on the alliance between the two countries. ”

Hearing this, it seemed that there was a turnaround, and General Liu hugged his chest and asked: "When did the King of the Southern Tour become so generous, I think I want something else." ”

Qi Yun glanced at the surnamed Liu, and said in his heart that these generals don't know how to save face when they speak, and said lightly: "My king has always been elegant, but there is one thing I hope the general will help." ”

General Liu said this in his heart, and he really still had to listen to "just", so he said? "What's the matter?" ”

"Please hand over Mu Qinghan!" As soon as Qi Yun said this, General Liu not only laughed. It turns out that this pair of monarchs and ministers want to go west to the city and Mu Qinghan is true. It is no wonder that although Chun Yu Xianzhong is unpopular with the people, he is quite prestigious among the generals. Not to mention anything else, Yang Nanpu alone has an army of 30,000, and it is indeed a very necessary thing for Uncle Chun Yuxian to really sit on the throne of the Southern Tour King and seize Mu Qinghan.

In fact, General Liu's 20,000-strong army was in Western Vietnam, and the 50,000-strong southern patrol army could be recaptured, but at a great cost. And trapping them is relatively more cost-effective. And with this as a bargaining chip, if you want to go out to Mu Qinghan to stabilize the morale of the army, it is a sure deal.

General Liu thought of this, and then he looked confident: "It's a pity, I really want to help the Southern Tour King relieve his troubles, but Mu Qinghan has already escaped from Xiyue." ”

"What!" This is true so that Qi Yun didn't expect that they wanted to propose to Xiyue first, and then to Mu Qinghan, so that they could accept it better, but they didn't expect that Mu Qinghan was not in Xiyue, and it became difficult to talk about it this time.

General Liu saw that Qi Yun's face had changed, so he said, "Don't be bored, don't be bored, Mu Qinghan is indeed not in the city, but we know where he is." ”

"Where?" Qi Yun's tone didn't feel a little calm at all.

General Liu smiled and said, "Come on, come on, business will be discussed slowly." He saw that the old man was a little tired from leaning on the talisman, so he asked the sergeant to fetch a chair. Qi Yun sat down and patted the dust on his robe.

General Liu continued: "I can tell you where Mu Qinghan is going, but you must give the army 15 days to reorganize, and after 15 days, our army will return to the north. You have to get out of the way of the mountain roads of the hundred rivers and thirteen mountains, and when most of our army leaves the southern tour, I will let the team behind the palace tell you where Mu Qinghan is. ”

When Qi Yun heard this, he immediately came to his senses and said, "This is true. General Liu said, "Seriously! So the two of them agreed on this. Looking at Qi Yun's tough back, General Liu was very emotional. Zhang Shenfu asked: "I didn't expect him to let us withdraw so quickly." Aren't you afraid that we won't tell them where Mu Qinghan is when we leave? ”

General Liu smiled: "This time, he is here to ask for Mu Qinghan." I also added a code to him, and posted one more Xiyue City, and he didn't agree to be happy. As far as they are concerned, if we don't spend a single soldier to take Xiyue, even if we don't tell them where Mu Qinghan is going. ”

"Are we really going to retreat, then?" General Zhang still felt that it seemed that it would not be possible to retreat at this time.

"But leave a way out, didn't you just say that the news is true, Lao Song has withdrawn to Quzhou, it depends on whether Lao Song can turn the tables in the past fifteen days."

"What about Mu Qinghan?" General Zhang then asked. General Liu said: "Pass the book to Lao Song and ask him to step up his investigation, and he must not be found by the people who are on the southern tour first." ”

"Yes." General Zhang got the task and went back to write a secret letter.