"What are you holding me here?"

In the south of Tang County, in an unknown dense forest, the leaves cover the sun. Fu Xunyu, who had been placed on horseback for most of the day, was dizzy and swollen due to violent turbulence, his chest was churning with qi and blood, and his abdomen was also turning over the river and the sea, and he was nauseous. He staggered to the foot of an ash tree, held on to the trunk and retched, and scolded Ma Guangning, who was still straddling his horse, while vomiting.

"Why did they arrest me?" Ma Guangning didn't answer him, but asked blankly.

While speaking, a few fast horses jumped over the bushes, protecting Fu Xunyu's left and right, Ma Guangning and more than a dozen of his men drew their swords and wanted to fight, but someone in the rider raised his hand and said: "Your own people, don't do it." But it was Li Wanqing.

Fu Xunyu tapped his head, turned around and asked, "What about the chasing soldiers?" ”

Li Wanqing jumped off the horse, shook off the dead leaves and grass stuck to his shoulders, and replied: "I threw it off, but it's a pity that I broke two brothers." As he spoke, he said to Ma Guangning with a sneering face, "Ma Tong is acting quickly, but Lao Hui sent someone to take you home, and you are reunited, why do you avoid it?" ”

Ma Guangning said angrily: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear they were coming to get me? ”

Li Wanqing stretched out his little finger, picked at his earwax and said, "I didn't hear that, I only heard the ...... of catching a traitor or something."

Fu Xunyu swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, suppressed the nausea, stopped the quarrel between the two, and said: "Things came suddenly, we have to sort them out one by one first." As he spoke, he peeked at the soldiers and horses in the forest, but saw that there were still more than ten horses on Ma Guangning's side, and there were six horses on his side, but there were nearly half of them, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly, "It's smooth, it's easy to get things done." ”

"What are you doing?" Ma Guangning said.

"Decide where to go from here." Fu Xunyu responded, folded a thin branch with his hand, and scratched on the ground, "Speaking from the stream, at that time, Li Zhangpan and I were about to return to the Zhao camp, but the Ma commander suddenly stopped me and wanted to bring me and a few others back to the camp. Now that you have returned to the camp and sent people to pursue you, you have turned your face and dragged us into this forest. The ins and outs of the matter, that's about it, right? ”

Ma Guangning frowned and said, "But ......"

"Don't worry, you have the right to listen to me." Fu Xunyu interrupted him, "The matter started because of the control of you, there are currently three questions related to you, and if these three questions are answered, the matter of where we go will be solved." ”

"I ...... What's the problem? Ma Guangning was confused, his lips and teeth moved slightly and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only follow Fu Xunyu's words and ask.

"First, what kind of grudge do you have with the camp to provoke them to come after you?"

Ma Guangning pressed his hands on the bridle, thought about it, and slowly shook his head: "I don't know." He added, "It's fine this morning." ”

Li Wanqing sneered: "However, everyone heard the words 'traitor Ma Guangning' so clearly, it won't be someone else!" ”

Ma Guangning said: "I really don't know, since the second brother played, I have hardly met Lao Huihui. In the past few days, he has been patrolling with troops as usual, and there is nothing abnormal. Scratching his head, he continued, "I only ate a few sips of wine before the camp patrol last night, is it ......?"

Li Wanqing smiled: "What's the point of eating a few sips of wine?" If Lao Hui treats you because of this matter, will he really think that he is the Ninth Five-Year Emperor of the Forbidden City? ”

"Could it be that it has something to do with me going out of the camp to chase you and others without permission?"

Fu Xunyu said: "That's not enough." Can there be this article in the return to camp law? ”

Ma Guangning nodded and said, "There is no decree in our battalion. ”

Li Wanqing said: "This is strange. Inexplicably, he was put on the hat of a traitor. ”

Fu Xunyu thought for a moment and said, "I can't answer this question, so put it aside for the time being." The second question is, why did you bring us here? ”

Ma Guangning replied: "If the old man wants to arrest me, there will be no good thing, how can he sit still and wait for death?" Regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, go first. As for you...... At that time, I was only thinking about exchanging you for my second brother, and I didn't think much about it......"

Fu Xunyu's face sank, and he said angrily: "Okay, this question is over." Then he asked, "So question three, where do you want to go next?" ”

Ma Guangning was stunned when he heard this, lowered his head and thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Li Wanqing sneered: "You are the one who went back to the camp, but now you don't want to go back to the camp, you are really homeless." ”

Ma Guangning suddenly became angry and scolded: "If it weren't for you and other thieves who instigated my second brother, how could I have fallen into this situation!" As he spoke, he came up impulsively, and he couldn't help but show a fierce light in his eyes.

Fu Xunyu said hurriedly: "I have a word of persuasion today." Since Brother Zun is in my Zhao camp, and you will not be allowed to return to the camp, why don't you go to my Zhao camp to avoid the limelight first, and you can also reunite with Brother Zun. ”

Ma Guangning said: "Nonsense, do you want to earn me to go to Zhao Yingtong to be a prisoner?" ”

Fu Xunyu shook his head and said, "Definitely." He continued, "The crime of the traitor is not trivial, and it may not be unwarranted to put it on your head. Before contacting, I talked with Lao Huihui, and he always refused to take his brother back to the camp, and the two things happened one after another, don't you think there is a connection inside? ”

Li Wanqing said with a smile: "The merit is high and the lord is shocked, the old man is red with your second brother, the small temple is difficult to accommodate the big Buddha!" ”

Fu Xunyu continued: "Whether or not Lao Hui is jealous of your second brother's prestige and talent, he may be trying to take this opportunity to squeeze your forces out of the camp, even if you don't have the act of leaving the camp without permission today, you will be framed for him sooner or later." What's more, "With your second brother's ability, I, Zhao Ying, can't say that I will change him back to the old man, to put it mildly, even if I lie and lie to Zhao Ying, what good will it do to my Zhao Ying?" ”

"Lao Huihui really doesn't want to change my second brother?" Ma Guangning suddenly asked.

Fu Xunyu spread his hands and said: "If there is a word that is false, my Fu will die with ten thousand arrows." ”

Ma Guangning pondered for a while, turned the horse's hooves and said lightly: "No." "Take a long breath, "The second brother once said, 'When you meet people, you only say three points, but you can't throw away all your hearts', how do I know that what you say is true?" ”

Fu Xunyu and Li Wanqing glanced at each other and said, "What do you want?" ”

Ma Guangning said: "Stay here for a day, and tomorrow I will send someone to the camp to investigate the news and make a decision." And said, "You must, you must follow me, and you are not allowed to leave a single step." ”

When Li Wanqing heard this, he was about to move, Fu Xunyu pulled him and said with a smile: "Yes." Only tomorrow, or else I will be delayed returning to the camp. ”

Ma Guangning snorted coldly and didn't speak, and went elsewhere. Li Wanqing complained in a low voice: "Mr. Fu, a yellow-mouthed son, why do you have to obey him." ”

Fu Xunyu said: "He is young, but more than ten rides around you should be an ornament?" If we really fight, what are our chances of winning? He smiled slightly, "As I expected, as soon as tomorrow passes, he will have to obediently follow us back to Fanhe City." ”

Li Wanqing was suspicious, and there was no other way, but said: "It's all arranged by Mr. Fu." ”

At dawn the next day, Ma Guangning and Li Wanqing led some soldiers and horses out of the forest, while Fu Xunyu and others stayed in place.

At noon, the sound of horses' hooves in the dense forest, Fu Xunyu turned out from behind the tree, saw that it was Li Wanqing back, and asked, "What is the surrounding situation?" "While talking, while looking around. Although the nearly ten knights who Ma Guangning stayed in the forest to guard them were careless, they were as careful as Fu Xunyu naturally noticed that their attention had gathered at this time.

Li Wanqing said: "There are back thieves and horse teams in the north and east to search and investigate, and they hide in this forest until dusk at the latest, if they don't leave, they will inevitably be discovered." Xun Ji sighed, "The thief knows that I am with Ma Guangning, if we get it, I am afraid that it will not be good, and if I can avoid it, I will avoid it." Ask again, "Is the Ma boy back?" ”

Fu Xunyu was shaking his head, the forest birds flew in fright on the oblique side, the grass and trees were turning, and several riders came to step on the fallen leaves. Li Wanqing turned around and shouted: "Ma Tong, how is the news?" ”

But I saw that Ma Guangning, who was at the head of several horses, had a gloomy face, his lips were pursed, and his appearance was quite frustrated. Fu Xunyu walked two steps quickly, came to his horse, and said in a friendly manner: "It's very urgent to go back to the camp to search for you, but I'm afraid that the old man will be determined to take you this time." ”

Ma Guangning's eyes were red, and he didn't know if he had shed tears, and said astringently: "I went to walk around the camp and found two brothers in the camp who had a good relationship...... It is rumored that my second brother was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he bent his knees and surrendered to Zhao Ying......" After saying that, he wanted to cry.

Fu Xunyu was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "I went back to the camp for this trip, but I didn't think that I would be used by Lao Huihui......" Turning his gaze at Ma Guangning, "Ma is in control, no matter what the matter is, Lao Huihui does this, and his intention is obviously to plant blame...... If you are taken back to the camp, you will be implicated. ”

Ma Guangning sat on the horse with his head down, silent, Fu Xunyu said: "Now there is no choice, Huiying is searching this area from the north, you can't hide, you can only go back to Fanhe City with me first." In order to calm his heart, he continued, "You can rest assured, you are a hero, you are also a person with status, and my camp will not embarrass you two brothers." ”

"Old back...... He, why did he ...... "Everything has changed too bizarrely, and the young Ma Guangning has not yet withdrawn from a series of changes, and his tone of voice is a little trance."

"Everything will wait until Fan River City." Fu Xunyu smiled at him, turned his head and shouted at Li Wanqing, "Li Zhangpan, please open the way ahead, let's go to Huyang Town." ”

Li Wanqing nodded, pulled the reins, and walked the horse to Ma Guangning's body and said, "Ma Commander, let's go?" ”

Ma Guangning snorted coldly and ignored him. Li Wanqing was bored with himself, his face couldn't hold it, and he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a small sachet embroidered with red and green silk threads hanging on Ma Guangning's chest, and said with mockery: "Yo, Ma Tong has this elegant and good, hang a woman's sachet, Si Swenwen's, what a merry young man!" ”

Ma Guangning glared at him angrily and said, "You know a fart, this sachet is not an ordinary herb bag, it is filled with ......"

Li Wanqing raised his left eyebrow: "What is it pretending to be?" ”

Ma Guangning glared at him, didn't say anything, and went to hit the horse.

It was the end of August, and it was three days before Zhao Ying captured Qianzhuang Village.

Wu Mingfeng stood on top of the towering mound of earth, looking down at the walls, ravines and hedges that were expanding to the periphery in a circle, and for a time he felt a strong sense of pride.

He sentry 500 people, from the soldier to the temporary repair of the engineer, day and night hard for several days, until today, it is considered to have preliminarily completed Zhao Dangshi's "with Qianzhuang Village as the center, erect two walls, three ditches, five layers of fences, and include the intersection of the main roads and paths in the north of the wall trench". The whole fortification, which is composed of walls, moats and fences, is more than three miles long, and is almost half-moon shaped in the south of Qianzhuang Village, and the concave side spreads outward. To the greatest extent, the official roads, civil roads, and even some of the dirt roads that are passable from the south to the north are all covered by the defense. During the construction period, Cao Yingbing, who rushed to the front line of Xiaoluozhuang from Shijia Xiaochong in the south, sent detachments to investigate the situation several times, and Wu Mingfeng immediately organized a counterattack, but Cao Yingbing did not take the initiative to fight, and always withdrew first. Wu Mingfeng still did not dare to relax, and while supervising the construction of the army, he was also always on guard, so that everything went smoothly until the initial completion of the fortifications.

It's just that pride is pride, but a shadow has always been over his heart. Zhao Dangshi's military orders were too abnormal, and he could resolutely carry out the instructions from above, but it was difficult for him to achieve his own peace of mind. After the fortifications were repaired, the question once again came to my mind - what is the purpose of this fortification?

Standing on a high place, with a cool breeze, Wu Mingfeng looked at the soldiers who were still working hard in the four fields, and sighed.

"Sentinel, Qin Sentinel is about to arrive, and now he has arrived five miles north of the village, and he will pass the message first." Suddenly, a soldier climbed up the mound and reported it.

"Here we are." Wu Mingfeng said secretly to himself in his heart, and at the same time strode downhill.