When Duan Canghai arrived in Nanzheng, it happened to be raining heavily.

The rain in Hanzhong is abundant, and people have long been accustomed to the sudden heavy rain, but Duan Canghai did not prepare, and when he arrived at the Taishou Mansion, he was drenched, and he had not seen Xiao Guogong, but was arranged by Ban Yun to take a hot bath, and he was full of food and drink, and then he was invited to a room.

Only Ban Yun was waiting in the house, and when he saw Duan Canghai coming in, he said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many years, but it's always good?" ”

Duan Canghai saw Ban Yun, a trace of excitement appeared between his eyebrows, and he arched his hand: "Yes..... General Ban! ”

Ban Yun is a subordinate general under the command of the old marquis in Jinyi, who made great achievements in Xichuan back then, and then transferred to Qinhuai, at that time, Duan Canghai also followed Qi Jing in the army, so he was naturally very familiar with the general under the command of the old marquis.

Duan Canghai is loyal to the Jinyi Qi family, but there are not many people in the world who can really make him look at him, he was born in the army, in his eyes, only those generals who have made great achievements on the battlefield with their true talents and practical learning can make him respect, and Ban Yun is obviously one of them.

Ban Yun's eyes also showed a hint of warmth, and he smiled: "Can you eat and drink enough?" ”

"Eat and drink enough." Duan Canghai said busily.

Ban Yun said with a smile: "I can only drink enough, the jar of wine I gave you is the most ordinary wine in the house, I don't drink it on weekdays, and the good wine is left for later." Beckoning to Duan Canghai, Duan Canghai hurried over, Ban Yun smiled slightly, then clapped his hands, and soon, several beauties rushed in from outside the door, lined up in front of Ban Yun, Duan Canghai was surprised, at first he thought it was the maids in the Taishou Mansion, but looking at their dress, they were very gorgeous, and it was impossible for the maids in the mansion to look like this.

He couldn't figure out Ban Yun's mind for a while, he glanced at it, and saw that there were a total of eight beautiful women in front of him, and the four people on the right all looked like they were only fifteen or sixteen years old, although they were different in appearance, they were all delicate and lovely, and the four people on the left were obviously older, but they were all beautiful, thin and fat, and charming.

Duan Canghai's heart moved, secretly thinking that after he was full of wine and food, could it be that Ban Yun actually wanted to arrange a woman to sleep for him?

Before he could think about it, Ban Yun had already asked with a smile: "If you were asked to choose one person, would you choose to sleep?" ”

Duan Canghai suddenly showed a hint of shyness, and said in a low voice: "General Ban, this ...... Let's go back, it's important to see the lord first. ”

"You pick one first." Ban Yun Road.

Duan Canghai looked at it from left to right again before he said, "They are all beautiful women, this ..... It's really hard to choose. ”

"So, they're all pretty in your eyes?" Ban Yun smiled: "Are the beauties in Hanzhong very eye-catching?" ”

Duan Canghai said with a smile: "They are all beauties who are one in a hundred, I have never been to Hanzhong before, and now I ..... Now I know that Hanzhong was originally rich in beauties. ”

Suddenly, a voice said, "In your eyes, they are all outstanding beauties, so there will be nothing wrong with that." In the middle of the voice, a person came out from behind, with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, it was Qi Ning.

Duan Canghai was stunned, Qi Ning had already come over, Ban Yun immediately saluted Qi Ning, and when those women saw this, they knew that Qi Ning's identity was extraordinary, and they all saluted Qi Ning.

"You don't have to be afraid." Qi Ning and Yan Yue said: "Ban Taishou came to you to come over, just to ask you to do a small favor, after the matter is completed, everyone can receive three hundred taels of silver, and it will be guaranteed that you can come back safe and sound." ”

All the women were curious, but no one dared to ask more, so they just saluted Qi Ning again.

Ban Yun waved his hand and said, "You guys go down first." Waiting for the eight girls to retreat, Duan Canghai still didn't understand, looking at the backs of the women who left, Qi Ning had already approached, and sighed: "I just hope that you don't fancy the four young women who have married women, if you fancy those four girls, you still have a chance, and when we return triumphantly, I will give you a dowry to propose marriage, what do you think?" ”

Duan Canghai was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said, "Sir, this .....!" ”

"The lord can't figure out if these women are beauties." Ban Yun smiled: "So let you take a look first, if they are indeed beauties in your eyes, then there is no big problem." ”

Duan Canghai was stunned.

"Daba Mountain has already made a cover-up." Qi Ning said: "The camp is stationed, although only a few hundred people are arranged over there, but the number of camp tents seems to be thousands, even if Xianyang pays attention, it is enough to confuse them." ”

Ban Yun bowed his head and said: "Sir, this time I went north, and the lower official asked Ying to go with the army, and I hope that the lord will give the lower official a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

"You can't go." Qi Ning shook his head and said: "Once you leave Hanzhong, it is easy to attract attention, and only if you stay in Hanzhong, can we act on our side." ”

Ban Yun understood what Qi Ning meant, nodded slightly, frowned, and said: "The lord wants to arrange a fake envoy to Beishan Xianyang, naturally there must be an envoy, then ......!" ”

"I'm too young to be an emissary." Qi Ning said: "I have thought about it for the past two days, I need to find a person who is old and dignified but can speak well to pretend to be a messenger, you are the most suitable, but you can't leave Hanzhong, do you have a suitable candidate here?" ”

Ban Yun thought for a moment before he said: "Xiaguan has a good candidate, but he doesn't know whether it is suitable or not. ”

"Who?"

"Master Gong Cao Ji Jincai!" Ban Yun said: "This person can speak well, outstanding talents, the lower officials can govern one side in Hanzhong, this person has great merit, and he was transferred from the capital, he has been here for many years, he can speak the accent of Hanzhong, and the accent of the capital has not fallen, if he pretends to be a messenger, he must have a Jianye Beijing accent, this person is just right." After a pause, he said with a smile: "Ji Jincai was an errand boy in the Ministry of Rites back then!" ”

Duan Canghai was a little confused when he heard it, and was about to ask, but at this moment, he heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and then heard a voice say: "Lord Taishou, the northern flying pigeon has passed the book, and a secret letter has been delivered!" ”

Ban Yun went out immediately, and came back soon, holding a small piece of paper in his hand and presenting it to Qi Ning, Qi Ning took the small piece of paper, opened it carefully, leaned under the lamp, glanced at it, turned his head slightly to look at Ban Yun and Duan Canghai, and saw that both of them were looking at him, and couldn't help but smile lightly on his lips, and said word by word: "Beitang Feng has entered the customs!" ”

Before the winter, the Qin Huai army of the Chu State launched an offensive to the north along the line of the Huai River, and the Eastern Qi Water Division assisted the Chu army to cross the Huai River at the request of the Chu State and stabilized its position north of the Huai River.

Compared with the offensive of the Chu State, the progress of the Eastern Qi people was obviously more rapid, and it took less than ten days to capture Dingtao, and then the troops pointed directly at Chengfu County.

The Eastern Qi people wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Han and plunder more land from the Northern Han.

The Chu army was divided into two routes, launching an offensive against Chen Jun and Juyang respectively, but Zhong Liao obviously used the main force of the Han army to resist the Chu army, although the Chu army was under the city, but the defenders of Chen Jun and Juyang were defending the city, and the offensive of the Chu army was once frustrated.

The Northwest Army stationed in Tongguan did not act rashly for a long time, only waiting until the Chu army fell into a bitter battle in Chenjun and Juyang, and Qu Yuangu finally commanded the Northwest Tiger and Wolf Division out of Tongguan and rushed straight to Luoyang.

Qi Ning was not in the mood to pay too much attention to Yue Huanshan and Zhong Liao's battle on the battlefield at this time, nor did he have the heart to care about how Longtai deployed the Chu army to attack Eastern Qi.

Looking at the past from afar, the Qinling Mountains are majestic and continuous, the distant mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the empty valley is quiet.

Where is Yunheng Qinling's home? The snow hugs the blue pass, and the horse does not move forward.

Since Qi Ning knew that the Northern Han Dynasty had also set up a sentry on the Meridian Road, he naturally dispelled the idea of being stronger than the Meridian Road, and the only way to pass through the Meridian Road was to pretend to be an envoy to Xianyang.

In addition to the eight women selected by Ban Yun's faction, there were also forty warriors with outstanding skills, half of whom were the Black Scale Battalion warriors brought by Duan Canghai from the capital, and the other half were Ban Yun's guards.

Being on the front line in Hanzhong, it is difficult to guarantee that the Northern Han people will not send assassins, so Ban Yun has always had a group of guards who are not afraid of death but have amazing combat power, these people are all brave men with one as ten, and their psychological quality is also extremely good.

Qi Ning was unable to appear as an envoy, and pretended to be an attendant to follow Ji Jincai's side.

Ji Jin is only nearly fifty years old, thin and thin, with a long beard, at first glance he is a Confucian who has read poetry and books, Ban Yun recommended this person to pretend to be a messenger, Qi Ning saw Ji Jincai for the first time, and knew that Ban Yun's recommendation was indeed not wrong.

Ji Jin only has a pair of eyes that look very shrewd at first glance, but the whole person seems introverted, and he looks very self-contained, after learning about his task, he didn't go out for two days, and he was fully prepared.

There were four cars in total, with eight women seated in the front two carriages and two cars in the back filled with fine wine and several boxes of antique treasures.

A group of people entered the Qinling Mountains from the meridian crossing, and soon Qi Ning knew that the situation of the meridian road was much more difficult than he expected, at first he only thought that the meridian road was just a narrow road, but after entering the meridian road, the road was narrow, needless to say, what made him even more helpless was this so-called narrow road, it was really not called a road, there were piles of rocks, rugged, and occasionally there was a flat road, but it didn't go far and it would be rocks blocking the road, and in some places the carriage could not pass at all, but fortunately, there were many warriors in the team, From time to time, people would carry horse-drawn carriages.

Qi Ning knew that if he went down like this, he couldn't go far, everyone's physical strength had to be consumed on the vehicle, but there was no carriage, and it was impossible for those women to walk through on foot, if the soldiers were allowed to carry a few women forward, and several young girls and young women were all good women, they had no choice but to walk for a while, and this narrow road was wide and narrow, and it didn't hurt to walk on three or five carriages side by side when it was spacious, but once it was narrow, some sections could only walk through one carriage.

Walking through the meridian road, it seems very dim all day long, just because the mountains on both sides are towering, even if the sky is clear, it is difficult to project the daylight, sometimes Qi Ning even has an illusion, as if the team has been devoured by monsters, a group of people are walking in the intestines of the trolls, and the cold air in the mountain road is attacking, fortunately bring enough clothes, otherwise it is really difficult to know whether those women can really hold on.