Emperor Ling's face flashed with loneliness, and he sighed: "You don't have to be surprised, many things will happen when you arrive in Luoyang, and you will know the clues after a long time!" ”

He looked up at the sky, pulled the reins, and slowed his horse.

A knight immediately rode behind the Spirit Emperor's horse and said softly, "What does the Holy Lord command?" ”

Emperor Ling smiled at Nanying and said, "This is Chun Yuqiong, my chief guard, this time I went out on patrol, and he led 20 guards to serve in secret!" ”

The knight took off the bamboo hat, revealing a young, rough and dark face, and a slanted scar on his left cheek, which looked a little hideous, and he bowed slightly to the southern eagle, but his eyes showed this contempt.

Nan Ying thought about it, and finally remembered that this Chun Yuqiong seemed to be the Chun Yu Zhongjian who first lost the black nest and then lost his life in the battle of Guandu, and he couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous in his heart, and then saw Chun Yuqiong's rude expression, he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger, and sneered in his heart: The Son of Heaven is walking side by side with me, and you dare to be arrogant with a little guard leader! Sooner or later, we'll give you some color and see!

But he smiled and said: "It turned out to be Brother Chunyu, as the guard of the Son of Heaven, he must be excellent in martial arts, and I will definitely ask Brother Chunyu for advice another day!" ”

The corners of Chun Yuqiong's mouth twitched, and she said dryly: "Be polite, each other!" ”

Emperor Ling didn't notice the smell of gunpowder in the secret of the two, and said, "Zhong Jian, I have rarely gone out, where is this?" How far is it from Luoyang? ”

Chun Yuqiong said respectfully: "On the sage, the route of our team is to go out of the south gate of Yiyang, take Lu Hun Pass, and then pass through Xincheng, Yan Yishui returns to Luoyang, currently just passed through Lu Hun, if you return to Luoyang, there should be 4 days away!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Nanying again, and Weng Sheng said angrily: "But the young general doesn't understand!" ”

Emperor Ling followed his gaze and glanced at Nan Ying with great meaning, before he said lightly: "What don't you understand?" Say! ”

Chun Yuqiong's tone was obviously a little anxious: "According to the young general's intentions, the best plan is to gather all the horses, protect the saint, return to Luoyang along the official road, and gather elites from all over the country to escort along the way, so as to ensure that the holy car is safe." ”

He sneered: "Even if we really want to divide our troops to disturb the eyes and ears of the thieves, we shouldn't choose the farthest route, we can choose to take Gucheng, and then go east along the valley water, all the way back to Luoyang, we can shorten the distance by half, it only takes less than 3 days!" ”

Emperor Ling smiled slightly and said, "You have to ask Mr. Nan about this, the whole action was planned by him, and even I don't know very well!" ”

Chun Yuqiong's face flashed, "The saint trusts him so much? With a puzzled look, he turned his head to look at Nanying.

He didn't know the relationship between Nanying and Emperor Ling, first he took a detour in disguise for some reason, but as the head of the guard, he didn't know the inside story, which was enough to make him resentful of Nanying who planned this matter, and when he saw that Emperor Lingdi was different from him, he actually allowed him to ride a horse side by side, and he was even more faintly jealous.

At this time, when he heard Emperor Ling say this, he suddenly came to his senses, and the Son of Heaven agreed to Nan Ying's behavior without asking, which shows that the relationship between the two is very different, which is an absolute trust. If you don't know how to advance or retreat, I'm afraid it will cause the wrath of the Son of Heaven!

But as the guard of the Son of Heaven, the responsibility of escorting is more important than everything, and there is no room for ambiguity in what should be understood. Chun Yuqiong had no choice but to bite the bullet and arch her hand: "Please Mr. Nan for advice, where the responsibility of the young general lies, Mr. is not strange!" ”

Seeing that he had changed his face, Nan Ying was secretly amused in his heart, and said solemnly: "The general is polite!" I'll tell you the truth, although the brigade of people is a great deterrent to the thieves, so that they don't dare to attack easily, but the large number of people gives the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of, so that they can blend into the team, not only can they report the news, but they should cooperate with the outside, and it is not impossible to assassinate them secretly! Taiping Dao is all over the world, with hundreds of thousands of believers, it is really easy to mix in the team, to put it mildly, if someone says that some of the leaders of the army are from Taiping Dao, it is not surprising! ”

Chun Yuqiong thought of the great power and influence of Taiping Dao in the people, and couldn't help sweating on her forehead, and said continuously: "Not bad! Not bad! ”

Seeing his frightened expression, Nan Ying said with a smile: "The general asked again, why do you want to go far away, this question is simpler, can the general think that I will take this farthest road before?" ”

Chun Yuqiong was stunned and said, "How can this be thought of?" ”

Nanying clapped his hands and said, "Not bad! Even the generals can't think of it, will the thieves think of it? They don't have enough manpower, and it is quite reluctant to keep an eye on the brigade led by Lord Zhang Feng, and it is even more difficult to say whether they dare to attack openly or not, and it is even more difficult to divide their troops to chase after the four suspicious soldiers in our four directions. If it were me, I would only be afraid that I would concentrate manpower to attack all the way, but I would never choose the farthest way, because once I misjudged, I would never be able to catch up with the other roads! ”

He smiled weirdly, "But what if they catch up with one of us?" In addition to us, the other three teams had no idea that there were three other teams of suspicious soldiers! The thieves simply can't get any useful intelligence from them! ”

Chun Yuqiong couldn't help but be a little convinced when she heard this, and sighed: "Sure enough, it seems that we have no worries all the way!" ”

Nan Ying grinned and said: "That's not likely, there is another situation, if we really bump into each other, I'm afraid it will be more than lucky!" ”

Even the Spirit Emperor could listen attentively and blurted out, "What's the situation?" ”

Nan Ying thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Let me state first, I just analyzed the situation, and I didn't mean anything else. The only time we can be in danger is if there is a mole among us! But this should not be possible! Because this team of people, except for my seven people, is the Holy Lord, Danchenzi, and fifteen guards, including General Chunyu, all of whom can be trusted! ”

A crisp voice came softly: "It's not impossible! ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, Zheng Lian came to Nanying with a sinking face, and she didn't even salute Emperor Ling, she said word by word: "There are traitors among us!" ”

Everyone lost their voices in unison: "How is it possible! ”

Nanying leaned over and picked up a delicately woven grass ring from a bush by the side of the road, and when he straightened up, his face was so black that he could drip water. The grass ring is hidden in the grass, if you don't pay attention, you can't find it at all, there are almost no people in this vicinity, and the grass ring is very cleverly knitted, and it looks like someone deliberately did it.

Chun Yuqiong was puzzled: "What can this little grass ring mean?" Miss Zheng is too much, isn't she? ”

Dan Chenzi also said: "Does Miss Zheng have any proof?" The stakes are too big to speculate! ”

A trace of disdain flashed on Zheng Lian's snow-white face, and she sneered: "Have the two adults ever heard of the name of my Spirit Fox Zheng Lian?" It's not that my little sister is boasting, my tracking skills are all over the world"

She seemed to suddenly remember something, secretly glanced at Nan Ying, and said: "The world is also thin and famous, if I am not completely sure, do I dare to shake the army's heart here?" ”

She reached out and took out two identical rings of grass from her bosom, and sighed, "Mr. Yinan has instructed that every time we pass a fork in the road, I will stay at the end of the line and explore in secret. ”

A trace of evil suddenly flashed on Zheng Lianqiao's face, and she said with a guide to the grass ring in her hand: "This was found at the third intersection!" Do you still have any questions? ”

The blood on everyone's faces faded and they were silent.

After a long time, I heard Emperor Ling say slowly: "It's getting late, let's camp and rest first, don't make a noise about this matter, you can only visit secretly." ”

Chun Yuqiong commanded the guards to set up several elaborate tents by a wooded side next to the official road, and a few bonfires were raised, and soon the smell of broth wafted into the air.

The sky is getting dark, the deep night is like everyone's mood, obscure and depressing, if there is really a Taiping Road undercover agent in the team, then the road will be full of thorns and dangers, no one can be sure that they will be able to reach Luoyang safely.

Nanying sat in a daze at the roaring campfire, and he hadn't said a word since he found the grass ring, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

A gust of fragrant wind came, Zheng Lian and Gao Gao'er sat down beside him, Gao Gao'er didn't seem to feel the danger, but was quite interested, and said with a smile: "Brother Nan, Sister Lian is really powerful, the thief's clever methods have been easily recognized by her, and the name of the spirit fox is really famous!" By the way, why don't you keep a calm face and don't speak? ”

Zheng Lian smiled reservedly, and couldn't help but feel a little smug on her face.

Nan Ying sneered and said, "Young people are really simple! If I tell you that I have now seen through the undercover thieves, but we are in an even greater crisis, you will think that I am alarmist! ”

The two daughters were stunned together, Gao Gao'er opened her mouth wide and couldn't speak, Zheng Lian was a little annoyed and angry: "In this way, I saw through the treacherous scheme, not only did it fail, but I had a mistake!" ”

Nan Ying slowly stood up, looked up at the sky, there was no moon in the dark night, only a faint starlight, and couldn't help sighing: "I didn't mean that, of course it's fortunate to be able to find a potential threat." But you're still too immature, you could have done better, but you didn't have enough experience! ”

Zheng Lian wanted to speak and stopped, looking unconvinced.

Nanying said in a deep voice: "Why are you still not convinced? Good! I'll tell you about it! First of all, you found out that the mole is a great achievement, but you are wrong not to disclose it publicly, do you know who the mole is? Of course, a few of us can't be, but what about Dan Chenzi? What about Chun Yuqiong? Even if they weren't, would they inadvertently say it? Well, even if they don't say it, if the action of several of us looking for the grass ring together falls into the eyes of the traitor, it will completely arouse his alarm, and his next actions will be more cautious, and the possibility of us finding him out will become smaller, that is, our danger will be greater! You can keep quiet and continue to investigate secretly, it will be easy to grab the fox tail of the mole! We won't be as godless as we are now. ”

Zheng Lianhuarong turned white, subconsciously bit her lip, Gao Gao'er looked at her with some worry, and said cautiously: "Brother Nan, you just said 'first', is there anything else?" ”

Nan Ying snorted heavily and said: "Of course there is, the second mistake, you are young and vigorous, as soon as others doubt your ability, you immediately report your identity, name and specialties, and say, 'Have you ever heard of my Linghu Zheng Lian's name?'" It's not that my little sister is boasting, my tracking skills are all over the world', lest others don't know your skills, hum! Isn't this completely exposing yourself to broad daylight? From now on, you will no longer be hidden from the enemy, who will reformulate the plan of action according to your strengths, and even eliminate you at any cost! This is simply stupid! ”

Zheng Lian's chest rose and fell, and she gasped a few times, and a look of remorse had flashed in her eyes.

Gao Gao'er said pitifully: "Are you finished?" Brother Nan, don't say any more, right? ”

Nan Ying shouted lightly: "Shut up, if I don't speak clearly and thoroughly, it will only hurt her!" ”

There was a gleam in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Third, and the stupidest thing you have done, why did you put away the grass rings at the first few intersections?" If I were you, I would have taken precautions before the truth was known, discarding the grass ring at the junction leading to other directions, and deliberately falsifying the traces of the passage of the troop of men and horses, so as to mislead the pursuers and buy enough time for our safe retreat! That's what we're going to end up with, isn't it? You may have put away the grass rings, but our hoof prints are nothing to be seen in the eyes of experienced trackers, and it is tantamount to telling them that we already know that you are in the ranks! They will act more carefully and more cunningly, which is why I say that you are in greater personal danger! ”

Zheng Lian finally changed color, her delicate body trembled slightly, she slowly lowered her head, and two tears quietly fell into the dust.

Gao Gao'er was also distracted when he heard it, and said in a trembling voice: "So we are really in danger, the enemy should have discovered that we have detected the existence of the traitor now, will they attack?" And how will we respond? ”

Nan Ying raised his face, closed his eyes and pondered for a while before saying: "The enemy's reaction is nothing more than two kinds, one is to be afraid of long nights and dreams, and immediately launch an attack before enough manpower can be mobilized, and the other is to cooperate with the inside and outside, use intrigue and trickery to delay our pace at all costs, and then set a trap in front of us, calmly annihilating us!" ”

He sighed and said, "This is also what I am most afraid of, the invisible danger is the most deadly!" ”

Gao Gao'er glanced at Zheng Lian, whose face was as gray as she was, and said worriedly: "Brother Nan, you don't have to scold Sister Lian so loudly, Sister Lian, she just wants to help, not intentionally."

Nan Ying's face suddenly thawed, revealing a treacherous smile: "Of course I know, am I scolding her?" No, I'm teaching her, how can I really blame her! Moreover, I am so loud because, I am not saying it to her alone! ”

Ignoring the stunned Gao Er, he turned his head and said, "I just want to be lazy, I don't want to repeat it again, now you should also understand our situation?" Your Majesty! ”

In the darkness behind the firelight, the figures of the Spirit Emperor and Dan Chenzi flashed.

Emperor Ling smiled bitterly and said, "You said so subtlely, can I still not understand?"

Dan Chenzi said with a heavy face: "Mr. Nan, I just want to ask, how can I protect the Holy Zhouquan?" ”

He suddenly stretched his body, and when he looked up again, a look of incomparably resolute expression burst out on his face, and he said word by word: "We will only look at everything to you, even if it is to break my bones!" ”