It's night, although Xiangyang City is prosperous and lively, but in addition to those flower streets and willows, other places are not as lively as Chang'an's singing and dancing in the middle of the night.

Qin Mubai led the horse to walk in the small alley with a moist breath, and the horse's hooves made a crisp sound on the stone slabs. The flower lady followed him a step or two away unhurriedly, her steps were light and silent, and she kept looking left and right.

Along the way, Qin Mubai only cared about his own affairs, and regarded this woman who came to stalk and spy on him as air, and never talked to her. After being bored for a long time, the flower lady couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and hummed without yin or yang: "Where's your little beauty?" ”

"What does it have to do with you?" Qin Mubai said casually.

"Don't be so cold, erect!" Hua Niangzi snorted, twisted the waist of the water snake and came forward, and whispered beside him, "You really agreed to cooperate with them?" ”

"Them?" Qin Mubai snorted lightly, "Isn't it 'you'?" ”

"You're really out of sight when you say that." The flower lady pursed her lips and said, "Actually, I feel that I am three points closer to you." ”

"!"

"I don't lie to you!" The flower lady looked left and right and said cautiously, "They don't trust me at all, they only treat me as a tool." In addition to asking me to help them use poison to take people, it is to vent their desires. Although the remuneration is good, and it is polite to treat me, I always feel that it is dangerous to be with them. ”

"Do you have times when you're scared?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but sneer.

"Of course." The flower lady affirmed, "Who is not afraid of death if they run the rivers and lakes?" No matter how hard his mouth is, he is afraid of death in his heart, is there anyone who thinks that he has a long life? The more skilled and long-term you are, the more afraid you are of death. Because he must have made many enemies, and even killed many people, and he must always be on guard against others seeking revenge on him. That little beauty in your family, with a nose smarter than a dog and eyes brighter than an eagle, is an out-and-out master of the old rivers and lakes. If you don't believe it, ask her, she must be very afraid of death. ”

"You talk a lot of nonsense." Qin Mubai said casually, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

"Let's find a secluded place!" The flower lady seemed to be a little anxious and nervous, Qin Mubai muttered in her heart, I'm still afraid that you, the old lady, won't be able to play tricks with me?

"Go to Xiaolou!"

The two rode together on a flying horse and whipped up, and soon arrived in the small building. When riding on the horse, the flower lady hugged Qin Mubai from behind, taking advantage of the bumps of the horse, and kept rubbing Qin Mubai's back with her pair of plump breasts, and almost moaned later.

Qin Mubai was used to her behavior, but she didn't know it, and she didn't bother to see it.

As soon as she got off the horse, the flower lady exclaimed: "Hey, there is no one in the house? What about your little beauty, didn't she go to bed so early? ”

"She went back to her parents' house." Qin Mubai said casually. Pushed open the door, took out the fire and lit the lamp, sat down by himself, and said solemnly: "If you are afraid that the wall has ears, you can go and investigate by yourself." It's like these are your forte. ”

The flower lady did so, carefully checked inside and outside the house for a while, and sprinkled a circle of medicinal powder on the roof and fence grass, before clapping her hands and breathing a sigh of relief: "In this way, the wall must have no ears." ”

Qin Mubai didn't bother to ask her what she had done, and said straightforwardly: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I'm going to make a deal with you!" The flower lady is also concise and to the point.

"Say."

"I'll start with my request." The flower lady also took a rare serious time, and said, "Maybe I saw your little beauty, and the old lady was envious." I don't want to be in the rivers and lakes anymore, I want to wash my hands and live a peaceful life. But as you can imagine, it is easy to enter the rivers and lakes, but it is difficult to retreat. Over the years, I have had quite a few enemies. No matter how much I hide, they will always find me for revenge. Therefore, this Jianghu is not something that I can retreat from when I say it. Unless, I can find the most reliable tree to help me shelter me from the wind and rain. For the people of the rivers and lakes, the best big tree is either an official or a soldier. ”

"And what do you want?" Qin Mubai sneered, "Could it be that you still want to follow Chen Yan and be with me?" ”

"I know you won't agree." The flower lady pursed her mouth, her face was full of shrewdness, and she said unhurriedly, "I know, you easily set up a paper registration file for Chen Yan with a hundred cavalry army, and that stupid girl still loves it." I'm not greedy, I don't expect to be a royal person, I just want to be a Huotou military officer in the Xiangzhou Military Government, the official position is not high, just the team is right. It's not that hard, is it? ”

Qin Mubai smiled: "What kind of place do you regard the military government of the Tang Dynasty, and anyone can come in and be an officer?" The chief officer of the team is not big, but he is also an upright eighth-rank officer. The army has its own system and is not subject to the control of the yamen, and the eight-rank team of a military government is no worse than the county lieutenant in the county ya, and he also has more power in his hands. Your appetite is really not small, and you can be quite whimsical! ”

"Hey, don't say it so badly, okay?" The flower lady showed a hint of gloom on her face, and said a little anxiously, "Here in the Xiangzhou Military Mansion, it's not you who have the final say?" You can give me a title, I don't even want your Lumi. It's just that I'm going to have to hide in the barracks for a few years. When I find a good man to rely on, I will quietly marry. By then, I guess no one will know me. ”

"Impossible." Qin Mubai refused without hesitation, "There can't be a woman in the barracks." Even if it is Chen Yan's military registration file, it is just a piece of paper, and she will definitely not go to the imperial city to take up a post. Besides, the Hundred Cavalry is a special army, and when they are in office in the forbidden area, they often come into contact with the female relatives of the royal family, even if they recruit a few female generals and female soldiers, they can barely be justified. The local military government is full of big men, and it is impossible to allow women to appear. ”

The flower lady frowned, and said worriedly: "Then what should I do?" In short, you will find a way to help me quit the rivers and lakes, find a way to protect me, and make my enemies unable to come and embarrass me. After a few years, I will naturally withdraw from the rivers and lakes, and I will be able to be good. General Qin, you are the parents of the people, and persuading evil to follow good is more meritorious than gathering evil and taking evil, isn't it? I admit that I have done a lot of bad things before, but the real evil things, such as killing people and setting fires, have really not been done, at most they have played with some stinky men, and they are also willing to take the initiative to send them to the door. Now I want to be good, why don't you give me a chance! ”

Qin Mubai stared straight at the flower lady, staring at her a little hairy. After pondering for a long time in silence, Qin Mubai nodded: "Seeing that you are still a little sincere, I can think of a way to help you." However, if you have committed some major crime of killing your head before, and when the time comes, the Yamen will find you to track down and take it to you, but you will not do my business. ”

"Okay, okay." The flower lady nodded in surprise, "Just say, how are you going to place me?" ”

"Wu Wangfu." Qin Mubai spit out these three words.

"This ......!" The flower lady was stunned for a moment, and then her face was embarrassed, "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate!" Li Ke is a prince, arrogant and unattainable, how can he accept me as a wicked girl? And besides...... He must know my reputation, even you hate me for three points, how can he not get tired of it? Besides, didn't you turn against him a few days ago? ”

"I know Li Ke's personality, he is arrogant and good, but he is also thirsty for talent and has clear grievances." Qin Mubai said, "You used to be very unbearable, but if you can really restrain yourself from the precipice and change your former life, I think with your kung fu and ability, Li Ke can also accept you to stay in the palace and give you a place." I turned my face with him because of official business, and I didn't conspire with each other because of different ways. But the person I recommend, he will also consider receiving it in detail. None of this is a problem, I say yes, and I can do it. But...... Why should I help you? ”

"Hmph, I dare to mention these conditions, of course, because I have the goods in my hands!" The flower lady smiled mysteriously, "I know what you want to do most right now." ”

"Tell me about it."

"It's nothing more than figuring out who Lord Song Cao is, and of course the most important thing is to rescue the hostages, isn't it?"

"You guessed it." Qin Mubai said quietly, "Then what can you do?" ”

The flower lady smiled and said, "Before, I lied to you. ”

"What do you mean?"

"About the hostages." The flower lady said, "That night, it was I who took Pang Fei, and I was the one who imprisoned and imprisoned him. In our line of work, you have to hold something in your hand at all times, either to save your life, or to sit on the ground and raise prices, which must be easy for you to understand. ”

Qin Mubai suddenly realized: "So, where you detained Pang Fei, even the water ghost doesn't know?" ”

"Not bad!" The corner of the flower lady's mouth grinned, and she smiled a little evil and a little proudly, "Although I am a small person in the rivers and lakes, I also have my own principles." Before cooperating, I made it clear to them that I would take care of the people I would take, and I wouldn't use the water ghosts as errand worms. If not, wouldn't I be able to make a good price as soon as I was recruited? At first, I thought that the person they asked me to help with must be valuable. When I knew Pang Fei's identity, I thought even more that this man was worth some money. Now it seems that the price given to me by the water ghosts is far less than the value you give. So, I decided to make a deal with you. ”

"You're shrewd enough." Qin Mubai shook his head and sneered, "But if you do this, aren't you afraid of offending the water ghosts?" ”

"Heh, do you think I'm stupid?" The flower lady said, "If I do this, I don't have to be afraid of them." ”

"How?"

"Think about it, if you join them from now on, with your status, ability and ability, they dare to snub you? You told them that you had been seduced by my beauty. So I'm your woman. To put it mildly, beating dogs and bullying the master, do they dare to embarrass General Qin's woman? It's like they don't dare to seek revenge on Chen Yan. The corner of the flower lady's mouth twitched, and her smile added a bit of charm, and said, "Besides, I have never seen a thief who can be old in the wilderness, I have only heard of a century-old family and a thousand-year-old family." Isn't it clear at a glance which is more important and which is more important between you and the water ghost? ”

"You're such a smart guy." Qin Mubai nodded with a smile, "It's useless to just talk, and there is no basis for empty words." Prove it with your actions! ”

"As long as you really promise me to let King Wu accept the place I give me, I promise that I will let Pang Fei appear in front of you before dawn!" The flower lady swears.

"You can go and fetch someone." Qin Mubai said lightly.

"Qin Mubai, a gentleman's words, it's hard to chase the horse! Don't forget what you said today! As soon as the flower lady gritted her teeth, she got up and walked out, "I'll go and fetch the lively Pang Fei and hand it over to you myself!" ”

"Hmm." Qin Mubai nodded.

The figure of the flower lady quickly disappeared into the night.

Qin Mubai sat in the room and drank half a cup of tea without hurrying. Then he went to the bedroom on the second floor, pushed open the window, slipped down the railing outside the window, dived into the stream and swam forward for a while, and then went ashore. Whistling, the untethered Huoyun Horse ran over with its hooves.

Outside the fence, the flower lady sprinkled a circle of medicinal powder, so Qin Mubai escaped by water.

"Old lady, when I was a three-year-old child, give me such indiscriminate tricks. You're just trying to trick me into trust, and then blatantly act as an undercover agent by my side, right? Qin Mubai snorted coldly, thinking in her heart: If nothing else, she would really bring Pang Fei here. Sending a not very valuable Pang Fei in exchange for my absolute trust, this deal is absolutely worth it. Maybe my guess is wrong, the flower lady is sincerely repentant and is helping me. But in this extraordinary period, caution makes the 10,000-year-old ship have to be guarded against. If she really repents and turns against me, she will be able to clarify it in the future.

After thinking about it, Qin Mubai stepped on the horse and ran towards the north in the starry night, running around in circles along the way.

As a result, all is safe.

After getting along with Chen Yan for so long, coupled with his natural vigilance and the tracking and anti-tracking skills he learned in his previous life, Qin Mubai expected that there would be no stalking behind him. So, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards Dengzhou.

"It's time for this play to be played to the fullest. This brown case, it's time to close the net. Qin Mubai grinned, and secretly said in his heart: Li Ke, Chen Yan, the hundred cavalry soldiers in the military mansion, Quan Wanji and Yuwen Hongtai, who stayed in the Assassin's Mansion, will each play their own roles and participate in this final battle against the water ghosts!

"What a wonderful layout and a seamless strategy!" Qin Mubai pondered, a confident and satisfied smile appeared on his face.

As soon as the sky dawned, the hooves of the Huoyun horse had already stepped on the land of Dengzhou. Galloping all night, even a god horse like it foamed at the mouth.

In Xinye County, Dengzhou, the door of a guest room at the government-run post station was kicked open by Qin Mubai rudely. Instantly, several men laughed heartily from inside.

"Qin Mubai, you are so punctual!"

"King Wu, King Qi! I have an appointment with your two royal highnesses, how dare you break your trust and make mistakes? Qin Mubai laughed and walked in.

Wu Wang Li Ke, Qi King Li You, and Xue Rengui next to him showed a relieved and excited smile together.

"It's time!"