The fire in Pengcheng gradually extinguished, and Duan Xuan just stood on the low slope and watched expressionlessly.

"Brother Xuan, did Huan Qi really leave?"

Duan Xuan didn't answer, but his grim face had already given Zhuge Jin an answer.

Yes, she left, and chose to leave because she couldn't stand Duan Xuan's ruthlessness.

"Brother Xuan, we set fire to the grain and grass warehouse in Pengcheng, presumably Lu Bu must have been hit hard."

"Hehe, Ziyu, you still think too simply. If my prediction is good, within ten days, the amount of grain and grass in Pengcheng will be restored. Although the whole territory of Xuzhou is not completely subdued by Lu Bu now, no one wants to quarrel with him, so if he wants to requisition grain and grass, as long as it is not too excessive, the city guards will still send it. ”

"Ah...... So what's the use of setting fire to us? ”

"That's why I'm going to go back."

Zhuge Jin couldn't help but turn his head to look at Duan Xuan, who was still looking in the direction of Peng Cheng expressionlessly.

However, Zhuge Jin's heart was very uncalm at this time.

Now, too, he has become suspicious of Yefeng.

It's not the style of acting, but the moral foundation of Yefeng.

Those who enter the night are not allowed to have personal feelings, but they must cherish their companions; Those who enter the night can sacrifice any other condition in order to achieve their goals, but they must always take care of the people.

The most important thing is that Ye Feng's main purpose is to support the Han family and seek benefits for the people, but every time he acts, he is outside the law of the Han Dynasty, and he often makes the people suffer.

Of course, some of his companions once told him that in order to make the world peaceful, it was inevitable that a very small number of people would have to be sacrificed.

However, even this very small number of people can't protect them, so what can they do to promise peace in the world?

Even if he is himself, if he has to treat his younger brother, is he really willing to take the initiative to join Yefeng?

This may be the sadness of being a human being, always being able to find the contradiction of one thing, and then add trouble to yourself.

It's just that Zhuge Jin didn't know that this night, there were still many people who were distressed because of contradictions......

……

Pengcheng.

"Miss Huan, you...... Alas! Hou Cheng looked at Huan Qi kneeling in front of him, and he really didn't know what to say.

"If you want to kill or chop, the general will do it, and when Huan Qi comes back, he will be killed." Huan Qi is also calm now.

The night before, many people did not sleep.

After Zhang Liao and Zang Ba came back, they immediately contacted Hou Cheng and asked about the situation in detail.

After that, Zhang Liao immediately arranged for manpower to strengthen the patrol in the city and search for the remaining thieves who might be hiding.

Zang Ba led his troops out of the city to expand the scope of vigilance.

Hou Cheng continued to arrange for people to extinguish the embers and count the remaining baggage, and at the same time sent two teams of people to find Huan Qi.

Moreover, Lu Bu, who received the news from Pengcheng, sent Cao Xing over.

He came for two reasons. The first is to reassure Zhang Liao and others, there is no change in Xiapi, this time it should not be Cao Cao's trick; Second, it was also because Lu Bu had a lot of things to do, so he couldn't come over in person, so Cao Xing had to ask what happened on his behalf.

And this busyness, the night has passed.

With the help of the people brought by Cao Xuan, order was finally restored in the city, and just as Cao Xuan asked Duan Xuan's whereabouts, a team of people who had gone out came back and brought them back to Huan Qi.

It turned out that although Huan Qi was angry at the time, he did not lose his cool because of this.

Looking at the people and horses in and out of the city, she knew that if she went back at this time, it would inevitably cause more trouble.

Not himself, but Hou Cheng.

Therefore, she endured until the sky was bright before appearing in front of the team that went out to meet her.

And after she came back, it was naturally Hou Cheng who met her first.

It's just that Huan Qi said that he had something to say to Hou Cheng alone.

Out of trust in Huan Qi, Hou Cheng withdrew his subordinates, so there was the scene just now.

"In this way, Hou has always been used by the girl?"

Although he now knows the truth, Hou Cheng can't hate her.

"At first, I really just wanted to use the general," Huan Qi didn't hide it, "It's just that when I was held hostage by Duan Xuan, I saw the general's panicked appearance...... Well, it's useless to talk about it now. ”

Huan Qi pulled out a dagger from his waist and threw it in front of Hou Cheng, "The loss of grain and grass in Pengcheng and the lives of the soldiers defending the city are far from being repaid by Huan Qi's death, but I hope that after the general kills Huan Qi, he can relieve his anger a little." ”

Hou Cheng looked at Huan Qi, and his trembling hands couldn't help but clench.

Suddenly, he picked up the dagger with one hand, and pinched Huan Qi's neck with the other.

Huan Qi immediately felt that it was difficult to breathe, but she couldn't bear to struggle.

Hou Cheng's hand holding the dagger had already been raised, but looking at Huan Qi's tearful eyes, he couldn't fall.

Huan Qi's eyes were already a little bloodshot because she was pinched by Hou Cheng, but at this time, she tried hard to squeeze out a smile.

"Dang!"

Eventually, the dagger fell to the ground, and the hand holding Huan Qi's neck slowly loosened.

"Someone!" Hou Cheng loudly called his men back.

"Take Miss Huan back to my residence to recuperate."

Huan Qi didn't resist, and Hou Cheng didn't look at her again.

When Huan Qi left, Hou Chengcai slowly raised his hand. In fact, when he choked her neck just now, Hou Cheng felt that the wound that Huan Qi was stabbed by Duan Xuan last night had just been pinched by him, and it began to bleed again.

But she didn't care...... She really wanted to die.

……

Returning to the military hall again, Zhang Liao and the others were analyzing the purpose of Duan Xuan's arson this time.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Liao asked.

Regarding Huan Qi, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba didn't know, even if Hou Cheng sent someone to pick her up, he didn't greet the two.

"Oh, it's not important, some of the food is half burned, and the sergeant doesn't know if he can ask for more, so I'll go over and take a look."

"Alright, since it's okay, let's move on. By the way, with Duan Xuan alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve this, has his party ever been caught? ”

"I didn't capture it, and in the vicious fight in the grain and grass storehouse, I killed more than 20 people, but the rest of the thieves escaped." Hou Cheng replied.

"Wenyuan, is there anything to be gained from searching in the city?" Cao Xuan asked Zhang Liao instead.

"There were no captures, and the soldiers in the city searched from house to house, but there was no trace of them at all."

At this moment, two soldiers came in from outside the door.

"See the generals."

"You two, you were in charge of guarding the city gate last night?"

"Yes, it was our team that took turns last night."

"Has anyone ever been out of town?" Cao Xing's gaze suddenly became fierce.

"This ......" The two looked at Hou Cheng hesitantly.

"Yes." Hou Cheng knows that there are some things that don't wait for others to say.

"Huh? How, you know? Cao Xuan was a little surprised, and Zhang Liao and Zang Ba also looked at Hou Cheng with puzzled eyes.

"Duan Xuan and the others, I released them out of the city."

"What?! Why did you let them out of town? ”

Hou Cheng did not answer.

"You two say!" Cao Xuan asked the two soldiers again.

"Specifically, the little ones don't know, it's just that the Duan Xuan thief seems to have kidnapped a woman to blackmail General Hou."

"Oh? Who is this woman? Cao Xuan turned to continue to ask Hou Cheng.

"She saved my life." Hou Cheng knew that there was no point in hiding it any longer.

"Could it be ......", Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said, "Was it when you were assassinated the previous time?" ”

"Exactly, I was ashamed of her rescue at that time."

"Is there her whereabouts now?"

“…… Since he was taken out of the city, he has not been heard from. Hou Cheng finally lied.

"It's okay, but after all, you have violated military law and let the enemy go. Someone came and escorted Hou Cheng down. ”

said that it was taken down, but which soldier in this city didn't know Hou Cheng, so they just followed Hou Cheng behind.

Hou Cheng didn't say anything, this was already the lightest result.

It's just that the three people who stayed in the hall knew that things were never so simple.

Otherwise, there is no need for Hou Cheng to hide it.

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Hanoi County, W County Jia Kui has been here for many days.

Since he is also a person from Yefeng, now his entanglement is also directly allocated by Han Ting.

It's just that he is still a little uncomfortable with this kind of life.

An assassin suddenly became a member of Emperor Han's direct department, and Jia Kui couldn't accept it for a while.

Perhaps it was also because of this reason that he was even more reluctant to stay in Xudu.

Compared to the heavily guarded imperial city, it is more comfortable outside.

Now his main concern is his master, Liang Qi.

Although Qiao Hu had already told him that the master had changed and completely become a member of the Sima family, and he himself could vaguely detect it, Jia Kui still had a glimmer of hope - maybe the master had some special difficulties.

Therefore, Jia Kui didn't inform anyone other than Qiao Hu, so he came to Hanoi alone.

If the master takes refuge in the Sima family, there must be a good reason, and perhaps the clues can be seen from the movements of the Sima family.

With this in mind, Jia Kui rented a room and kept observing secretly.

However, the Sima family never had any unusual behavior.

Today, as usual, Jia Kui hastily ate something and started another day's surveillance.

Since he didn't want to be noticed by the master and the people of the Sima family, he naturally wouldn't do such a thing as sneaking into the mansion.

However, even if he didn't go in, he noticed something different today.

Because a strange guest suddenly came to Sima's house.

The reason why he said that he was strange was because by observing the expression of Sima Fang, the head of the Sima family, who was Yingying, he could know that he didn't know these people.

There were six people in this group, and they left in a hurry after half an hour.

Jia Kui keenly felt that maybe there was the truth of the whole thing in these people.

So he followed the group out of the city.

……

The road they walked was rarely populated, and they clearly did not want to be discovered.

It can be seen that these people must have special identities.

When they came to a secluded path in the woods, the six people suddenly stopped, and one of them turned around and rushed to the back and said, "Your Excellency has been waiting with me for a long time, but I don't know what is going on?" ”

Jia Kui didn't expect that he had been discovered, so he simply walked out.

"Listen to the accent, are you HB person?"

"Oh? Hehe, Your Excellency has seen a lot. The words were easy, but the man had already hinted that the other five were slowly approaching.

"Are you waiting for Yuan Shao's subordinates?" Jia Kui was never willing to cover it up by pretending to be stupid, so he simply asked the key directly.

"To be able to ask such a question, presumably Your Excellency is not an ordinary person."

"Can I ask for your name?"

The man smiled as he motioned for his companion to get ready to move:

"Oh, well, the dying person, it doesn't hurt to tell you, it's up to you."