Since sacrificing her life to save Han Yu that night, Gu Yuexi has gradually recovered after many days of conditioning, but she has always locked herself in the inn and never said a word to Han Yu.

On the evening of this day, Han Yu and Xu Feng sat at the dining table downstairs, both with solemn faces and heavy worries. Seeing that Li Pingzheng packed up the dishes and chopsticks and walked out of Gu Yuexi's door, Han Yu finally asked curiously, "Did the girl eat?" ”

Li Ping put the dishes and chopsticks aside and nodded silently. Then there was silence, and the three of them buried their heads in their meals, not saying a word.

The snow was flying outside the house, and more than an inch of snow had been paved outside Jingzhou City, but Xiong Gu only felt a little groggy, and his legs dragged back to the Dao Tingwei Mansion in the snow as if they were filled with lead, and he was panting next to the stone lion more than one person tall in front of the door, and the melting snow on his head was dripping into his neck, as if he was completely unconscious.

Suddenly, when he heard someone shouting behind him, he came to his senses with a sense of excitement, and turned his head to see that it was Lu Xiaohu, the guard on Feng Tai's Mansion, who rode out of the side door and asked Xiong Gu, "Where did Lord Xiong go?" I can't find you in your house, but my master has been waiting for you for a long time! ”

Xiong Gu hurriedly changed his appearance and smiled, "I just rushed back from Xiabei County, and I haven't had time to go back to the house to change my clothes......

"Give your horse to Lord Bear!" Without waiting for Xiong Gu to finish speaking, Lu Xiaohu turned back to an entourage and said, then turned his face and urged Xiong Gu to say, "Don't worry about that!" The master has been waiting for you for a long time, get on the horse and go! ”

Xiong Gu got on the horse, looked around a little blankly, gently relaxed the reins, and marched surrounded by several entourages.

"How?" Lu Xiaohu immediately smiled and asked, "Seeing that Lord Xiong's face is wrong, isn't it going well to negotiate this time?" ”

Xiong Gu nodded and sighed, "That guy is really shrewd!" ”

Lu Xiaohu said with a smile, "No wonder Lord Xiong didn't go to report immediately after entering the city. ”

Xiong Gu smiled bitterly, "I was brewing a speech, but I didn't expect to be 'tied' by the general and put on the horse......"

"Let's be honest, it's not just for Xia Fan's business that the master is in such a hurry to see you!" Lu Xiaohu deliberately slowed down his marching speed and glanced at Xiong Gu.

"Is there anything urgent going on?"

"Han Yu's Nanda camp has failed! The two counties of Fengling and Guangyang have been lost. Lu Xiaohu looked ahead with his eyes and said leisurely, "The news from the secret agents ahead this morning is that the Nanda Battalion has lost nearly 30,000 yuan, and now it has all returned to the canyon. The master was very excited at the moment. You'd better think of a good rhetoric along the way, so as not to spoil the master's interest at that time. ”

Xiong Gu hurriedly grabbed the reins in surprise, looked up and thought about it, and said, "What about Wang Ze's road?" ”

"Victory......" Lu Xiaohu shook his head, "However, fortunately, Han Yu underestimated the strength of the country, and they held on for nearly seven or eight days before falling." This created plenty of time for the coalition forces on the front, but now all the horses of the Patriotic Army had rushed to the border to help. ”

"That's very good...... Very good...... "The big stone in Xiong Gu's heart for many days finally fell to the ground, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Good what?" Lu Xiaohu didn't think so, and sneered, "It could have been successfully besieged by the Nanda camp, but now because the defending side has withdrawn its troops, other countries have also begun to have lingering fears and have garrisoned troops to wait and see, and they refuse to move forward!" ”

The two of them said that they had unconsciously reached the halfway point, and Feng Tai's magnificent mansion not far away had come into view, and under the costume of goose feathers and heavy snow, it was like Qionglou Yuyu Heaven and Earth, dazzling.

"General Lu......" Xiong Gu saw that he was about to arrive at the Feng Mansion, and hurriedly pleaded with Lu Xiaohu, "Can we be slower...... I haven't figured it out yet......"

Lu Xiaohu smiled and said, "If the adults trust me, I have a way to do it......" As he spoke, he whispered a few words in Xiong Gu's ear.

Xiong Gu listened, smiled and thanked him again and again on the horse.

As soon as everyone arrived at the door, the housekeeper of the Feng Mansion was already waiting, and seeing that they were dismounting, he hurriedly came out in the wind and snow, and said angrily, "Lord Xiong, you are still the master's henchman!" I have been with him for so many years, why did you come so late, the master has been waiting for you, but he can't find you for a long time. At this moment, he is discussing military affairs with Zhou Gongzi in the living room! ”

Lu Xiaohu said with a smile, "Anyway, the master still has the military affairs instructions ahead, so we might as well go to the back room and kneel down and wait first." ”

Saying that, the three of them went straight into the house, and sure enough, seeing that Feng Tai was not in the inner room, Lu Xiaohu secretly gave a look, and Xiong Gu immediately retreated outside the house, kneeling straight in the wind and snow.

"Oh my God, what is this doing?"

The old butler was stunned, and was about to help Xiong Gu up, but when he saw him look up at himself, there was no doubt in his eyes that he was refusal, so he sighed and said no more.

"Don't you call Han Xiaozhi's guy to bow down to us this time?" After about half an hour, I heard Feng Tai talking and laughing and walked over, followed by Zhou Shun and others, all of whom looked very happy.

The old housekeeper, Lu Xiaohu hurriedly got up and went out to greet him. Before the housekeeper could get through, Feng Tai saw Xiong Gu kneeling outside the house covered in snow, and said with a smile, "Wenyi, what's the reason for this?" Isn't it a little too late? Hurry up, let's go back to the house and talk! ”

At this moment, it was getting dark, Feng Tai hurriedly put the lamp in his hands, sat in front of the desk and announced with a smile, "Han Xiaozhi's Nanda camp has failed!" Defeated! The losses were particularly heavy! This time, I'll see how he explains to His Majesty! ”

Xiong Gu, who was sitting tremblingly in the hall, heard this, and hurriedly echoed and smiled, "Congratulations to Uncle Guo!" ”

Feng Tai smiled when he heard this, and then saw that there was something wrong with his expression, so he couldn't help but smile, sat up and asked, "This time I went to Xiabei County to talk to Xia Fan secretly, how did things go?" ”

Those who should come are always coming, but suddenly seeing Feng Tai's expression so solemn and the atmosphere in the house so quiet, Xiong Gu's heart was already frightened and frightened like a galloping horse, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing and said, "Uncle Guo, please forgive!" Xia Fan's promise to the position of Da Sima that we proposed was very moved...... How...... But ......"

"Say!"

When Xiong Gu heard this, he swallowed and foamed, didn't dare to raise his head, and replied timidly, "That guy...... The guy first accepted the jewelry given to him by Uncle Guo, and then ...... And then...... proposed to let Uncle Guo's head Han Xiaozhi go forward to show his sincerity......" After speaking, he kowtowed again.

"This bastard!" Feng Tai's face was already flushed with anger, and he angrily threw the tea bowl on the ground, and pointed at Xiong Gu, who was already frightened in the hall, and scolded loudly,

"You useless thing! I have always valued you, and I have worked hard for you for many years, but you have done things like this for me! Lao Tzu's dozen boxes of priceless jewelry were not only collected by others, but in the end, you were deliberately tricked by others! Do you really want Lao Tzu to be laughed at by that grandson and become wronged! You say you deserve to die! ”

Zhou Shun, who was sitting on the side, listened to it but didn't squeak, but he was very conflicted in his heart, took a sip of tea, and then said, "In my opinion, this is not a bad thing!" ”

"Why did the virtuous nephew say this?" Feng Tai was still trying to suppress his anger, and asked as he asked to quickly clean up and reserve the tea.

The snow outside the house was still falling unhurriedly, falling layer by layer like cotton wool, covering the entire Jingzhou City.

Zhou Shun saw that his subordinates had re-served tea to Feng Tai, and when he saw him sitting down, his anger seemed to have subsided, so he replied unhurriedly,

"Xia Fan's man has dealt with us in the west for many years, and I still know a little about this person, he is not a greedy man for money. Since he accepted those dozen boxes of money and jewelry, it proves that he is willing to cooperate with us! As for this request, it is nothing more than to completely pull Shibo into the water, so that he can rest assured and boldly cooperate with us! ”

Feng Tai frowned when he heard this, but sneered in his heart, "Of course you don't feel distressed, and it's not your old Zhou family's money and jewelry!" Then he asked with doubts on his face, "Then what if we really kill Han Yu, then we will change our hexagrams?" ”

"Han Xiaozhi naturally can't be killed! At least not at the moment! Zhou Shun smiled and took a sip of tea, "Although his Nanda battalion has just been defeated on the front line, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse!" If a mutiny is triggered, won't it ruin our plans? Besides, this person is much more valuable than killing! ”

"Virtuous nephew......" Feng Tai saw that he had been analyzing for a long time or some nonsense that everyone knew, and immediately said with a cold look a little impatient, "Then what should you do in your opinion?" ”

Zhou Shun suddenly leaned back and raised Erlang's legs leisurely, "Xia Fan has long understood that only with us can he get what he wants, so this is also the reason why he is not moving now-he just sees that His Majesty has not returned to Beijing yet, so he has been waiting for us to hand him a signal to cooperate!" ”

Immediately, Zhou Shun glanced at Feng Tai with a smile, and then said leisurely, "So as long as Your Majesty doesn't return to Beijing for a day, we will always be safe!" In that case, why should we be in a hurry? He should be the one who is really anxious, so let's hang him slowly first! ”

Feng Tai listened, his expression gradually calmed down, but he still asked worriedly, "What if...... What if His Majesty returns to Beijing early? ”

"Shibo is really angry...... Zhou Shun laughed and comforted, "Didn't this Nanda battalion just be defeated on the front line?" Why did His Majesty return to Beijing early? ”

After hearing this, Feng Tai immediately slapped his head, and then laughed and said, "The virtuous nephew really has no dog son, and he is really a hero in the world!" ”

The tense atmosphere in the room after Zhou Shun's analysis with a smile and grin, finally regained the original joy, when everyone was laughing and eating tea, a sudden gust of cold wind hit the face, and Lu Xiaohu, who was guarding outside the door, shivered, and suddenly saw a figure flashing on the front side porch, Lu Xiaohu immediately stood on end, and shouted,

"Who's coming?"