Shi Xiu lowered his head and didn't say a word. Geng Gong frowned, and said busily: "Fan Qiang, they are all their own brothers, and they are suspicious!" Shi Xiu Nai was ordered by me to go to the tent to look for something! ”

Where is Fan Qiang willing to believe? Shaking his head, he took a step forward, attached it to Geng Gong's ear, and said softly: "Brother, Shi Xiu's behavior has been strange recently, we have to ask what happened!" ”

Geng Gong snorted, took an arrow from Fan Qiang's back, broke it in two, and said angrily: "Fan Qiang, Brother Shi Xiu once accompanied us to fight in the Western Regions, went through all kinds of hardships, and was extremely loyal, how can you doubt him?" I must not mention this again, or else it will be like an arrow in my hand! ”

Fan Qiang was stunned for a moment and was silent for a while. After a long time, he said softly: "Brother, Yang Yan has been arrested!" ”

Geng Gong's eyes were dark, his head was buzzing, and he felt that the sky was spinning, Fan Qiang and Shi Xiu hurriedly moved forward, held on tightly, and shouted, "Brother, brother." ”

Geng Gong looked at the two of them, and said leisurely: "Brother Yang Yan has always been cautious, but unexpectedly, this time he was excited to fight and disobey the order, and he was more than lucky." Alas, the thirteen brothers who returned to Luoyang in the past walked and died, and now only the two of you are by your side, and you are really incompetent to be the elder brother......" Geng Gong sighed for a while, and said: "Brother Qiang, cherish the brothers around you...... Alas, I don't know what happened to the princess in Longxi, Sister Juan entrusted her to me, but I couldn't do anything. For a moment, Geng Gong only felt disheartened, those ambitions were really like shadows on the ground, shrunk into a ball, very pitiful.

Fan Qiang and Shi Xiu helped Geng Gong and slowly came to the tent. Geng Gong sat on the chair, closed his eyes, stroked his forehead, had a splitting headache, and the sudden "witch Gu" made him at a loss, he seemed to see the reproachful eyes of the Empress Dowager Ma, and thought of Yang Yan being arrested, and he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Qiang, you go down first, I'll say a few words to Brother Xiu." ”

Fan Qiang was unhappy, looked at Shi Xiu, and retreated with hatred. There was silence in the tent, and occasionally a few rays of sunlight poked their heads out of the cracks and basked coldly on the ground. Shi Xiu's face was pale, and his heart was pounding. Geng Gong said: "Brother Xiu, I still remember that at that time in Shule, there was no food in the army, and you secretly put your share into my account...... I still remember that night when Fan Qiang broke through the siege, all the soldiers were afraid, and you were the first to rush into the Hun army with a sword......"

Geng Gong fell into a deep memory, hoarse voice, over and over again, telling those stories, Shi Xiu had tears in his eyes, and lowered his head. I don't know how long it took, Geng Gong held Shi Xiu's hand and said softly: "Brother Xiu, we have gone through hardships together, and we will always be good brothers who live and die together!" ”

Shi Xiu's nose was sour, tears fell, he knelt on the ground, and said, "Brother, I, I, I ......" I couldn't speak anymore.

Last night, Yang Yan came back and said that in Shuhua Palace, many hideous-looking wooden figures were found. Shi Xiu's heart jumped suddenly, he already knew about this conspiracy. I don't know how many people will be involved in this right and wrong. In Geng Gong's account, there is also the big puppet with a long sword and a silver needle full of silver needles that he lost, how could Dou Xian let Geng Gong go? Shi Xiu couldn't help but be very anxious. That night, he tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep. I sat up in my clothes, and when I saw that Geng Gong's tent was quiet and dark, I thought: "My brother is on duty in the second half of the night, and I will go to his tent to take out the puppet!" He tiptoed and slipped in. Just as he was about to rummage, suddenly a sigh came from the bed, Shi Xiu was so frightened that his soul flew away, it turned out that Geng Gong was not on duty! He hurriedly retreated. On the second day, Geng Gong acted as if nothing had happened, and did not break it. After Geng Gong went to court, Dou Gu sent someone to arrest Yang Yan, and the tiger camp was in chaos, Shi Xiu slipped into Geng Gong's tent again, got under the bed, and looked for it carefully, but the puppet had already disappeared. Shi Xiu was shocked and thought, "Could it be that my brother has found the puppet?" Then he thought about it: "Impossible, if my brother finds out, I will definitely tell my brothers to be more careful." But where did the puppets go? Shi Xiu got out of the bed and went to the tent to look for it, but unexpectedly, he was caught red-handed by Fan Qiang.

Geng Gong sighed in his heart, hugged Shi Xiu, and said, "Brother Xiu, if you have concerns, you don't have to say it, don't you believe in you as a brother?" Thou art not yet healed, so go back to rest in your tent. ”

Shi Xiu was dazed, he wanted to tell Geng Gong a lot. However, if Dou Xian shakes out his fornication with Concubine Dou, won't he be ruined? What worries him even more is that Princess Yurong, who is in Longxi, is not extremely dangerous? He didn't know that at this time, the princess had been captured by Taishou Zhang Xuan and imprisoned in the palace. Shi Xiu left in a panic, and when he left the tent, he turned around and said, "Brother, this witch rebellion, I expect that they will not let you go, brother be more careful." ”

Geng Gong shook his head and said, "There are no puppets in the camp, even if they want to harm me, they are helpless!" ”

"Brother, how could Concubine Song have expected that there would be such a wooden person in Shuhua Palace!"

Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, looked at Shi Xiu, and muttered, "This is not necessary. In the tiger camp, the guards are so tightly guarded that not even a fly can fly in, where did the wooden man come from? Besides, if you dig three feet into the ground and go to find the wooden people, won't everyone in the camp be in danger and become a mess? Alas, there are wooden people in Shuhua Palace, and the guards of the Royal Forest Army are not strict. I think about it carefully, it must be that when the emperor went to Longxi, someone took advantage of our absence to deliberately set a trap, but there is no evidence, and it is not easy to guess! ”

Shi Xiu lowered his head and slowly retreated, thinking, "If my brother makes a mistake, I will repay him with death anyway." Thinking of this, the messy heart has a hint of comfort.

Shi Xiu left, there was silence in the tent, indescribably lonely, Geng Gong thought to himself: "What's wrong with Brother Xiu?" I remember that Yang Yan told me many times that since returning to Luoyang, his younger brother's temperament has changed greatly and his behavior is strange, why is he like this? After thinking for a while, footsteps sounded outside, Fan Qiang lifted the tent door and said loudly: "Brother, it's not good, Concubine Song was forced to death by Liu Zhang!" ”

Geng Gong was startled, Huo Ran got up, sat down in a daze, his eyes were scattered, and muttered, "How can this be?" How so? ”

Fan Qiang hated and said: "Brother, this Liu Zhang is not a good thing!" No wonder Li Dang always wanted to kill him! ”

Geng Gong sat dumbfounded, not saying a word. Fan Qiang was startled, shook Geng Gong, and said, "Brother, you, you, are you okay......?"

After shaking for a while, Geng Gong woke up and said in tears: "The Queen Mother entrusted me with Concubine Song and the Prince, but now that Concubine Song is dead, Prince Qing's status will not be guaranteed, I, I, I have failed the Queen Mother...... Luoyang, Luoyang, why do you want to go back to Luoyang? At that time, how good would it be to break through from Shule and go to meet his younger brother Ban Chao......"

A wave of despair rushed to the sky, and Fan Qiang didn't know how to comfort him. Suddenly, there was chaos outside the camp, and a royal forest soldier ran out of breath, breathless and said: "General, that Li Daoren, Liu Zhang, and Dou Xian brought a lot of people to surround the Huben camp, saying that they came to search on the orders of the emperor. ”