Murong Cheng couldn't help laughing when he saw Sima Cuo so frightened that he overturned the stool and fell to the ground, and said to Li Hu, "Don't help the pavilion chief up yet!" ”

After Li Hu heard this, he hesitated for a while, and went over to help Sima Cuo. Sima Cuo was helped up by Li Hu, trembling, sweating in the cold, and snorted at Murong Cheng: "General Murong, where is there still five hundred stone grain in Qinglong Town, and now the rations of the whole town I don't know if they can last until next year's wheat harvest." ”

"Tingchang's bones are really hard! It's not been a day or two since I've been here, and you can't hide that from me. I won't repeat it, this town is old and young, it's up to you. ”

After speaking, he got up and opened the door and left, and when Murong Cheng walked away, Li Hu slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Murong Cheng three or two people even dared to spread wild in Qinglong Town, Lao Tzu closed the door and asked him to come and go." Hum! ”

Sima Cuo saw the opportunity and hurriedly said: "The general is a relative of the emperor, if you have the heart to refuse the thief, I Qinglong should go all out, if I can recover the land of Cuihan, the court will definitely reward the general and avoid punishment." ”

"Can the imperial court really exonerate me?"

"If the general can focus on the overall situation, we will definitely do our best to protect it."

"How's it all about security?"

"Don't hide it from the general, the contemptible people did store a hundred stones of grain in Qinglong Town in case of famine. If the general closes Hangu and rejects the enemy, he will reaffirm his loyalty to the imperial court, and he will definitely offer food. ”

"Pavilion Chief Sima, you still have a lot of foreshadowing!"

"Don't hide it from the general, there is really only this 100 stones."

"Haha! A hundred stones is a hundred stones. When will you turn it in? ”

"As long as the general changes his banner, blockades Hangu Pass, arrests Murong Cheng and others, the contemptible people will definitely offer food and show the general's merits to the court."

"Oh!" Li Hu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The pavilion chief doesn't seem to be simple!" Aren't you afraid that I will tell Murong Cheng? ”

"General, since a contemptible person can say this, he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

"I really can't see that the pavilion chief is still a master!"

"The general has won the award, and I hope the general will fulfill his promise soon."

"Definitely! It's just that this matter is very important, and I have to discuss it with a few of my henchmen. ”

"Then wait for news from the general. The contemptible man took his leave first! After saying that, he clenched his fists and came out.

At this time, Huangfu Dan, who was hiding in the back room, walked out and sneered: "This old fox. ”

Li Hu hurriedly clenched his fists: "Helmsman, what should I do about this matter?" If Hangu is closed and the trust of the imperial court is not obtained, then we will be enemies on both sides. ”

"What are you afraid of! Lord Xuanyuan has gone out of the south and out of the Sword Pavilion, preparing to take a detour to the Xiangyang area to meet us. As long as we find the secret passage of Funiu Mountain, unknowingly, go south, jump to Xiangyang, and let them fight in confusion, we sit on the mountain in the south of the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and it is not better to reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"Helmsman, it's really yours."

"It's all Zhou Xiang who was planned from above, and you promised Sima Lao'er about it, and sealed Hangu, but don't show it to the court."

"Obey the orders of the helmsman, and I will make preparations."

"Are people reliable? It is necessary to take advantage of Murong Cheng's inadvertent snatch and hand it over to Sima Cuo, and bring the disaster to them. ”

"Humble duty understands!" After saying that, he went out of the house.

In the evening, Li Hu arranged for his henchman Yao Shiguan to quietly go to Hangu Pass to prepare to lock the pass. In addition, more than 30 sergeants, disguised as civilians, were arranged to ambush at a corner of the town street, preparing to attack Murong Cheng. Li Hu first sent someone to pretend to invite Murong Cheng to discuss the matter of food.

When Murong Cheng saw that Li Hu's personal soldiers were coming to invite, he told Yu Wenlan and the mute to stay in the coffin shop, so he was led by his personal soldiers with torches, intending to go alone. As soon as he walked out of the short distance, there was some dull pain in his abdomen, and he said to the soldiers in front of him: "I have a cold in my abdomen, and I want to run to the toilet." The pro-soldier said: "General Murong, there is a latrine around the corner in front." ”

When Murong Cheng heard this, he immediately became alert. I have been on the street of this town for many years, and when did I have a latrine around the corner? He muttered again in his heart and said to Li Hu's soldiers: "I'm not used to the thatched toilet outside, the smell is heavy, so I'd better go back." You wait here for a moment or return to General Li first. After speaking, he turned around and walked back, and after not going far, he felt more than a dozen people behind him, and a few of them were coming towards him. Secretly screaming in his heart, he hurriedly pulled out his horizontal knife and killed the general, and the several sergeants who came on front never thought that Murong Cheng was so clever, and they all went to draw their knives, but he was too fast, only in the blink of an eye, a sergeant who blocked his way was already lying on the ground, just as everyone was about to surround him, Murong Cheng was not in love with war,

He threw an object the size of an egg at the visitor, and the oncoming person knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly dodged, only to hear a roar, and it exploded, emitting a dazzling light. Then, he drew a nine-section whip from his waist, put his left index finger in his mouth, blew a whistle, and a red horse galloped in, and he seized the reins, turned on his horse, turned his horse's head, and ran out of the town into the mountains to the south.

And his entourage Yu Wenlan and the mute were blocked in the coffin shop, and the mute was shot down by random arrows after cutting down several people in a row. After Yu Wenlan used up the missile, he used the flying claw to hit several sergeants in a row, and then Yao lost the guan and ordered a brave soldier to use a Mo knife to cut towards the flying claw, only to hear the sound of "poof", the Mo knife was missing a piece, and the flying claw also fell to the ground, and then cut down with a knife, and immediately decided. Yu Wenlan's hand was injured, and several people swarmed up and grabbed her.

Seeing that their brothers on weekdays were intercepted and killed by the two, several sergeants were angry, so they stepped forward and stabbed the mute who fell to the ground several times in the chest and abdomen, and the mute struggled a few times before swallowing his breath.

Seeing this, Yu Wenlan knew that she would not be able to escape this catastrophe, so she scolded: "Li Hu villain, if you go back on your word, you will not die well." Some of the sergeants heard: "Today, let the brothers open the meat, this female thief is shouting, brothers, come and rape first and then kill ......."

As soon as they heard this, everyone echoed and wanted to strip Yu Wenlan's clothes away. Just when Yu Wenlan was struggling and despairing, Li Hu's commander arrived and said loudly: "General Li Hu has an order, first hand over this female thief to Chief Sima Ting." ”

The crowd dispersed in disbelief, and the dead and wounded companions were pulled back to the camp.

Yuwen Lan, who was bound, saw Sima Cuo approaching, and said loudly: "I don't need the mercy of the pavilion chief, give me a knife, it's best!" ”

Sima Cuo didn't make a sound, but just asked Li Dao, the butcher and others to go forward and escort them back to the Barberry Inn, with shackles on their feet and locked in a firewood room.

Sima mistakenly saved Yu Wenlan, and promised to give Li Hu ten more stones of food. Li Dao and the others didn't understand why they wanted to save Yu Wenlan, it was better to understand it with a knife, and they didn't bother to take care of it. If you don't take care of it well, it's still a big trouble to run away.

Sima Cuo just said lightly: "Run, run, run, a woman's family, it's not easy to do this business, don't be difficult for a woman." ”

Li Dao was still puzzled and wanted to ask for clarification, but Sima Cuo had already kept silent and motioned for them to go down. Staying aside, the butcher asked Li Dao, "Does the eldest brother like this thief girl?" ”

Li Dao thought for a moment and smiled: "Maybe." ”

"Big brother too, just love an orchid."

"You don't talk too much, and you look at her strictly. Although the eldest brother said that he would run away, if he really ran away, he would definitely ask us. ”

"The shackles weigh hundreds of pounds, where is she going?"

"That's good, you put a toilet in that room and go and empty it every day."

"W-inappropriate, isn't it? Or find an old woman, I can't serve this job? ”

"Where are you going to find a wife in this cold winter? It's not that you want to serve her in the bath, pour the toilet and you're still tired here. ”

…… The butcher reluctantly went down.

After Murong Cheng escaped, Li Hu was already nervous in his heart, so when Sima Cuo came to ask for Yu Wenlan, he didn't even think about giving Sima Cuo a favor by the way, but he didn't expect Sima Cuo to give him ten more stones of grain.

Thinking of this, if Murong Cheng came back to take revenge, he would also have Qinglong Town as a backing. In addition, he increased his troops at Hangu Pass, closely monitored the situation of the rebels outside the pass, and responded to incoming attacks at any time.

Being so beaten by Huangfu Dan, he became too fast for people to scratch their heads.

Sima Cuo also according to the agreement of the consultation, the grain was offered, and the court played it, Li Hu had regained control of the land of Cuihan, only waiting for the imperial court's military salary, and wanted to resist the enemy outside the Hangu Pass with natural danger.

Shangguan Yun was surprised when he got the news, it was this Li Hu who made a mess in the land of Cuihan, killed the two generals Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, and had to withdraw Nalan Yanghe and others to Fenglingdu. Now this-stirring stick suddenly wants to take refuge in the imperial court anyway, what a capricious villain.

Coming to the prince, the prince was a little happy for Li Hu anyway, and guarded Cuihan, adding another barrier to Tongguan, and the Shuofang army north of the Yellow River was rushing towards Fanyang, the rebel's nest, and the rebels were difficult to care about, so as long as they waited for the rebels to run out of food and grass, they would be defeated.

Shangguan Yun hurriedly chimed in: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is reasonable, but it can be ......"

"Is there anything you and I can't say?"

"Your Royal Highness, Weichen once went to the Ministry of History to read Li Hu's resume, relying on being a relative of the emperor and the country, without any military merits and outstanding points, he was promoted to General Guide Lang. Because he has little talent, he likes to take credit from others, and he is jealous of meritocracy. The deaths of Gao and Feng Ershuai are inevitably related to it. first betrayed the imperial court, and now betrays An Lushan again, according to the land of Cuihan, on the surface, he returned to the imperial court again, but in fact, he didn't know what medicine was sold in his gourd? And according to Nalan's detailed report, he hooked up closely with a folk girl who could do witchcraft. According to the clues left by Mr. Linghu, the folk girl may have rebelled against the remnants of the imperial court in the name of Princess Taiping. ”

"According to Aiqing, you need to be cautious about Li Hu's capricious people."

"Your Highness, we don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Li Hu's gourd. But as long as the imperial court can't get out of the pass in Tong, when the Shuofang army directly smashes Fanyang, An Lushan, the thief, will be defeated, and at that time, it will not be too late to take Li Hu down. Now do not listen to any of his words. ”

"I'm afraid that my father will suppress the thief......"

"Your Highness, if you want to hurry, you must control this situation."

"I'm not in a hurry, but my father has already issued a few holy decrees to let Ge Shuhan attack and wipe out the traitors a few years ago. The marshal presented his father on the grounds that the soldiers had not been trained and the food and grass were insufficient. My father was displeased. People of insight in the court also came to see him, but his father had already made up his mind. ”

"Once the attack is made, Tongguan will be lost, and Chang'an will be endangered."

"I don't know, but ......"

Shangguan Yun knew that the prince was embarrassed, so he didn't say anything anymore, and left and returned to the mansion.

Li Hu reported to the imperial court without telling Huangfu Dan: he was confused for a while, bewitched by the rebels, and had no choice but to surrender, but now he has suddenly woken up and decided to protect the imperial court.

The emperor was very excited when he learned of Li Hu's performance, and said to the courtiers: "I said how can the people of the Li family easily turn against the water, let's see, Cuihan is no longer in the hands of my Tang Dynasty." As long as the military horses are rectified and the grain and grass are prepared, even if it is the New Year, the generals will be killed, and the corpse of An Lushan will be broken into thousands of pieces. ”

The ministers were silent, their attitudes were unclear, and they were deadlocked.

In Qinglong Town, Li Hu's army has set up a position in Kunhan to defend against the rebel attack. In the face of Tongguan, he also garrisoned more than 2,000 people, because the attitude of the imperial court was not clear, and the defenders of Tongguan remained hostile to it.

And Li Hu and Huangfu Dan are just to delay time, what they are waiting for is to open the secret road of Nanshan, and without the team knowing, they jump to Xiangyang and other places in Shannan to make another map.

Late at night, Sima Cuo and Li Dao came to the room where Yu Wenlan was being held, Yu Wenlan was shackled by a hundred pounds on her feet, and could only lie on a wooden board with only some straw.

Seeing Sima open the door by mistake and come in, his head tilted to the side. After Sima Cuo was not in a hurry and asked Li Dao to move a chair and sit down, he said gently: "There is no need for a woman to beg for a life in this sword shadow. ”

Yu Wenlan sneered when she heard this: "The little girl is from a humble background and has been a slave for generations, so I have to choose." The pavilion chief salted and ate radishes, and he was not worried. ”

"Captain Yuwen, optional. I know what you are and what you are, so I saved you. ”

Yu Wenlan thought for a while and said, "Oh, in this way, the person who rescued Dugu Yichang twice is the pavilion chief?" ”

Sima Cao let out a long sigh, not sure or denial, but continued: "The way of heaven is good for reincarnation, the war and disasters are together, and the lives are ruined, and the old man is also worried!" ”

"I don't have the mind of a pavilion chief, I just know how to obey orders and survive."

"Yes, you have the difficulties of your Hu people, and we Han people have the troubles of the Han people."

Hearing this, Yu Wenlan became interested, and sat up and said, "Pavilion Chief, treat me so kindly, is it just to let me continue to be a junior in the inn?" Or are you going to take me home as a concubine? ”

"Captain Yuwen laughed, how dare I!"

"Why is that?"

"Captain Yuwen, this military disaster has caused the people to suffer, but now the situation is unclear, and each has its own victory or defeat. I just want to have a good relationship with the captain today, if An Lushan wins in the future, I hope the captain can protect the people of Qinglong Town from being slaughtered. If the court wins, I can also protect the captain. ”

"The pavilion chief is really profound. I must have seen through the trick I was waiting for. ”

"Captain Yuwen has said it, the old man is a pedantic person, in this Qinglong Town, just ask for peace."

Yu Wenlan smiled happily and said, "Pavilion Chief, the conditions you proposed are really good. But the war is together, and the lives are devastated, and you and I can't use our arms as a car. Besides, you want to be peaceful, but there are still some people who don't want to be peaceful. ”

"No matter what, as long as Captain Yuwen can agree to come down. As for the rest, it is just doing its best and obeying the destiny of heaven. You say, don't you? ”

"Pavilion Chief, thanks to the rescue, I can't help but know how to lift, then we will form this good fate. You see, I'll still be a junior in your inn in the future......"

Before the words fell, Sima Wrong hurriedly said: "How can you be a junior again, you will live in the inn, you are just sleepy, tired, it's okay to go out for a walk." Just don't let Li Hu's people see it. ”

"You're not afraid I'll run away?"

"The captain really wants to leave, and he will not stop him, just remember our agreement." After speaking, he turned to Li Dao and said, "Don't take off the shackles of Captain Yuwen soon." Prepare an upper room. ”

When Li Dao heard this, he hurriedly took off Yu Wenlan's shackles.

Seeing this, Yu Wenlan also arched her hand and said: "The pavilion chief treats me like this, and I should repay it." ”

After hearing this, Sima also arched his hand and said, "First invite the captain to dinner." Then go to the upper room to rest. ”

I heard the butcher shout outside, "The meal is ready." ”