Zong Ai walked in and shook off the dust, and bent down to the acquaintances in the tent to salute, "Our family is polite!" ”

Today's Northern Wei court still occupies absolute strength with Xianbei ministers and generals, and the power of the Han people is too weak, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi, Cui Hui and others are all favored by Tuoba Tao, and they are all Han people, so they naturally become the same camp, and the relationship is quite good.

Cui Hao and the others were quite surprised and happy when they saw Zong Ai coming with the jade seal and the blank edict, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan had already had a relationship with Zong Ai, which was greatly unexpected by them, but with Zong Ai, the inner servant Zhongcao, joining, this matter is more certain.

Cui Hao arched his hand and said with a smile: "With Zhongcao on the mountain, I am waiting for a tiger to add wings!" ”

"Dongjun Gongbai praised!"

Zhao Junsheng said to everyone: "You are all acquaintances, the last general will not say polite words, let's get down to business!" He asked the Marquis of Beiqiu to write an edict and give an order to King Le'an in the name of Emperor Daxing, ordering him to lead the army to the west to search for the worms hidden in the southeast veins of Yanran Mountain! ”

Kou Qianzhi immediately took over and said: "Such an excuse is just right, if he is ordered to be stationed on the spot for no reason, I am afraid that it will arouse his suspicion!" In addition, Wei Weiqing was cautious by nature, and he was afraid that he would stay with King Le'an and cause more trouble, so he still added an article to the edict and ordered him to return with Zhongcao, so that King Le'an was weak and had no one to give advice, so he would not be able to succeed! ”

"Great goodness!" Cui Hui agreed, and immediately took the blank edict from the little eunuch's hand and spread it on the desk, took the pen and ink and placed them one by one.

The jade seal, ink, pen, inkstone, inkstone and blank edict written on the edict are all specially made by the emperor, if it is replaced by other treasures of the study, it is difficult not to be seen flawed, this is also the inner servant of Zong Ai can get these things, it is impossible to change to other people, how difficult it is to fake the holy decree!

Fake the holy decree is not a fun thing, this is the work of losing the head and punishing the nine clans, at first Cui Hui's hand holding the pen trembled, and it took a long time to control his emotions and return to normal, he waved it, and did not stop except for the ink, and wrote the edict in one go.

Zong Ai picked up the emperor's big seal and stamped it on the edict, put down the jade seal after the seal, picked up the edict and blew the edict that had not yet dried, turned around and handed it to Kou Qianzhi: "Heavenly Master, take a look!" ”

Kou Qianzhi took the edict and looked at it, nodded and handed it to Cui Hao, Cui Hao also read it, and said with a smile: "Second uncle's font is unique, no one can copy it to be fake, as long as Zhongcao does not leak flaws when he sees him, King Le'an will not be suspicious!" The two generals have also seen it! ”

Hua Mulan hurriedly waved her hand: "The last general won't look at it!" ”

"The three of them are all important ministers who often follow Emperor Daxing, and they are experts in writing edicts, and they will rest assured that they will be a hundred!" Zhao Junsheng said with a smile, and then picked up a sheepskin map from the table in front of him and showed it to everyone.

"The Rouran army that attacked my camp last time was hidden on the map, and it was detected by our army's reconnaissance and cavalry sentinels, and there would be no fake, so I ordered King Le'an to lead the army to turn west to attack the Rouran people, everything was true, and only the emperor's death was concealed!"

Cui Hao looked at Cui Hui and Kou Qianzhi, "That's very good!" ”

Hua Mulan approached Zhao Junsheng's side at this time and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "Your body has not recovered yet, can you ride a horse?" ”

"The wounds are all scarred, and it's all right! The stakes are very high, and the holy decree must be delivered to King Le'an safely and unimpededly! ”

Zhao Junsheng couldn't resist Mulan, so he had to agree, turned to Cui Hao and the others and said: "In order to ensure the safety of Zhongcao and the others, let the edict be delivered to King Le'an as quickly as possible, and General Hua will escort him with a hundred cavalry!" ”

"So good! General Youhua led the troops to escort him, not to mention that it was seamless, as long as there was no accident, this matter would be done! ”

Cui Hao and the others bowed to Mulan together: "There is General Lao Hua!" ”

Hua Mulan hugged her fists and saluted back: "We have the same goal, we should work together, and you don't have to be polite." An hour later, the last general will set off with Zhongcao and others, taking advantage of the night not to attract the attention of the people on the mountain! Regardless of the success or failure of this matter, the last general will send someone to ride a fast horse to report the report! ”

"The general and Zhongcao have a smooth journey, in order to avoid suspicion from some people on the mountain, we will leave first!"

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, Zong Ai and others were sent outside the camp gate and watched the three of them go up the mountain before returning.

Hua Mulan and the others made some preparations, brought enough dry food, water and horse feed, prepared spare horses, and she set off with Zong Ai.

Zhao Junsheng rode a horse and sent a group of more than 100 people to Qionglong Ridge before stopping.

"Mulan, Brother Zong, be careful all the way!"

Hua Mulan nodded and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, go back, in order to avoid suspicion on the mountain, we will rush back tomorrow morning at the latest!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and watched them disappear into the night.

Along the way, Mulan stuffed some jerky or steamed cakes into her mouth from time to time to chew, and the digestive ability of people who practiced martial arts was far stronger than that of ordinary people, and the food that Mulan ate into her stomach quickly turned into energy to fill the weakness caused by excessive blood loss.

Along the way, Hua Mulan, Zong Ai and others met the ranger guard post of the right wing army when they were ugly, and when they learned that Zong Ai and Hua Mulan and others had really announced the decree, they immediately took them to the camp to meet Tuoba Fan.

"Lord Wang, Your Majesty has sent a lieutenant envoy to announce the decree!"

When Tuoba Fan heard this, he immediately asked, "What time is it?" Why did you rush here overnight? ”

"Back to the prince, it's ugly time!"

"That is to say, the envoy set off after nightfall, and he must have an important intention to come overnight, go and wake up Wei Weiqing and the other accompanying generals and officials to follow the king's order!"

"Yes!"

Wei Weiqing, the Daosheng and the lieutenant generals and officials of the army rushed over one after another after being notified, and they have been standing outside the tent and waiting.

Soon, Mulan and Zong Ai led the men into the camp and were led by a junior colonel to the tooth tent.

Tuoba Fan saw that it was Zong Ai who came to announce the decree, and he immediately felt a little displeased, but after all, Zong Ai was a messenger sent by the emperor, and he couldn't be taken lightly, otherwise it would be bad if he went back to sue him.

"Our family (the last general) has seen the prince and the captain!" After Zong Ai and Hua Mulan dismounted, they saluted Tuoba Fan and Baba Daosheng together.

Tuoba Fan hugged his fists and saluted back: "General Zhongcao and Hua don't need to be polite, the two of them brought His Majesty's will overnight, presumably this matter is extremely important, please enter the account to talk!" ”

Zong Ai was about to speak, Mulan whispered a few words in her ear, and Zong Ai nodded after a little thought.

"The prince and Lord Wei Wei don't have to be polite, our family has to rush back overnight to report to Your Majesty, and we can't delay!" After Zong Ai finished speaking, he immediately took the edict from the little eunuch next to him and read it out: "The emperor's edict, King Le'an and Wei Weiqing receive the edict——"

The two immediately bowed, and the generals and officials behind them also bowed down.

“······ After reconnaissance and cavalry investigation, it was found that the Rouran army, which had raided the camp of our Western Route Army a few days ago, was hidden in the valley area one hundred and sixty miles northwest of the Qionglu Ridge after the rout······

Tuoba Fan and the others hurriedly said, "The minister's decree! ”

Baba Daosheng got up and immediately asked Zong Ai: "Zhong Cao, when this official came to announce the decree to King Le'an a few days ago, the imperial car was still being pursued and besieged by the Rouran army, what happened to the war later?" And how did you break the siege? ”

Zong Ai's face immediately changed, and he said coldly: "Lord Weiwei, Your Majesty asked you to move the rescue troops back to help, you are good, you are not in a hurry, Huangyan Mountain has not seen the reinforcements come back for four or five days, if it were not for the fact that the East Route Army sent Zhao Junsheng, the commander of the Jinling battalion, to lead the army to send baggage, and defeated the Rouran Army under the surprise attack, now Your Majesty is afraid that he would have been captured by the Rouran people a long time ago!" ”

"The minister is guilty!" Baba Daosheng immediately bowed, "This Mobei grassland is too big, and it took three days for the minister to find the Right Wing Army!" ”

Tuoba Fan hurriedly explained to Zong Ai for Baba Daosheng: "Zhong Cao is angry, Wei Weiqing can't be blamed for this matter, at that time, our army was chasing the Rouran people, the two sides fought a few small battles, each other won and lost, and for a while they lost their way, until the location was determined, I didn't know that there were more than 400 forces from Qionglong Ridge!" ”

Zong Ai waved his hand and said with a cold face: "Okay, it's useless to tell our family about this matter, Lord Weiwei should go back with our family and explain it to Your Majesty." Your Majesty has an edict, and General Hua will stay in the right chamber as a deputy general to assist King Le'an in searching for Rouran! Wei Weiqing, set off in two moments, you hurry up and prepare! ”

"Zhongcao later!" Baba Daosheng didn't dare to slack off, and turned around and left to prepare after saying a word.

Tuoba Fan was a little puzzled, it was not strange that the emperor sent someone to give him a holy decree to search for the Rouran people, but it was strange that he sent someone to be his lieutenant, did he not trust him? Suspicious of him?

He clenched his fists at Mulan and said, "There will be General Lao Hua in the next few days!" ”

"The prince is polite, the last general is just ordered to assist the prince, and all matters of the war are still dominated by the prince!" Hua Mulan said and took out the map that Zhao Junsheng gave her and opened it.

"Lord Wang, this is the hiding place of the Rouran people drawn by our detective cavalry outpost, there is a detailed rout route of the Rouran people after the rout, with this map in hand, it should not be difficult to find them, please take a look!"

Tuoba Fan took the map and looked at it, and exclaimed, "Can there be people hidden here?" But this king didn't think that they would hide in the deep stream, you must know that these deep streams are difficult for birds to cross and wild beasts are extinct! ”

Hua Mulan smiled and said: "Lord Wang, that is just a phenomenon seen on the surface, in fact, there is no cave in the deep stream, since our spies can track them, there will be no fake!" ”

"That's very good, with this picture, I have to wait for a good plan, and I can't let the worm escape!"

Hua Mulan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that she had fooled King Le'an, but she couldn't be happy too early, even if the group of soldiers who came to encircle and suppress Rouran had to find another way to drag King Le'an, and wait until King Yongchang arrived at Huangyan Mountain.