Guan Yu had just returned to his barracks, and before he could change his clothes, Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui led several cronies and generals into his sleeping tent in a hurry.

Du Zhongnian stepped forward with an excited expression and saluted: "General Guan, I can hope you back!" ”。

Guan Yu smiled and waved his hand, sat on the bed and said, "Are the big guys okay?" This time I went deep into most of the capitals, I can be regarded as having seen with my own eyes the formation of the new army to protect the country and the demeanor of the old general Yan, which should not be underestimated! Sit down, brothers, don't be formal. ”

After everyone sat down one after another, Guan Yu glanced around and found that there was one person missing, so he couldn't help but turn his head and ask Du Zhongnian: "Brother Zhongnian, why didn't Commander Tian come?" ”。

Seeing everyone's strange expressions, Guan Yu couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, he realized that something ominous must have happened.

Du Zhongnian swallowed two mouthfuls of spit, and said with a sad face: "General Guan, you have just returned to the camp, and the brothers should have picked up the wind and washed the dust for you, and had a good time. Since you asked, your subordinates might as well tell us bluntly, Commander Tian has been missing for many days, and we have been searching everywhere for many days, but we can't see anyone alive or dead! ”。

Guan Yu nodded quietly and asked, "Apart from the disappearance of Commander Tian, what else happened?" ”。

The generals present looked at each other, and Cui Dakui said: "Except for this incident, which is quite strange, everything else is as usual, the soldiers train hard and prepare for war actively. ”

Guan Yu raised his head and asked, "Our army's camp is not far from King Pingnan's camp, what kind of conflict can there be between the two sides?" ”。

Du Zhongnian shook his head and said: "King Pingnan came to my camp every once in a while to invite the brothers to have a few drinks and some homely gossip, and the two armies also coordinated and cooperated several times, but there has never been any conflict. ”

Guan Yu got up and hugged his fists and said: "Brothers, Shu Benshuai is a little tired from running all the way, if there are no other major military aircraft matters, let's talk about it another day." Brother Zhongnian and Da Kui, you stay for a while, I still have important matters to discuss with you. ”

The rest of the generals said goodbye one after another, and the two deputy generals, Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui, stayed with solemn faces and sat around Guan Yu.

Guan Yu walked to the tent, glanced outside the tent a few times, and told the guards in front of the door not to allow outsiders to enter, then turned around and sat down again.

He first raised his head and stared at Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui's faces for a few moments, then lowered his head and stretched out his hand to fiddle with the charcoal fire in the stove, and slowly spoke: "Brother Zhongnian, Da Kui, you two are my lieutenants, and they are also my most trusted brothers. There are some things that have not been clarified to you before, so I might as well tell you about them today. ”

Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui glanced at each other in a little surprise, pricked up their ears and stared at Guan Yu, not knowing what he was going to say.

Guan Yu straightened up slightly and said, "Do you remember the assassination of me and Miss Ling'er in Chaozhou Mansion?" That's when I realized something was wrong, and the target of the assassins wasn't me, but Miss Ling'er. ”

Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui opened their mouths wide at the same time, revealing expressions of disbelief.

Guan Yu looked at them calmly, and then said: "I have never made any public announcements about this matter, but I just secretly hid Miss Ling'er in a safe place. As for her hiding place, only me and the few personal guards who followed Ling'er knew about it. Those guards will follow me from birth to death, and I am absolutely assured. I didn't tell you because the great war was imminent, and I was afraid that you would be distracted. ”

He turned his face to look at Cui Dakui and said, "Da Kui, you know best in your heart, Commander Tian is one of the first brothers to worship with us, he is cautious, thoughtful, and quite reliable. Therefore, before I went to the northwest, I privately gave him a secret mission: to secretly investigate the assassination of the Chaozhou Mansion and find out the real culprit behind the murder of Ling'er. ”

Cui Dakui said anxiously with a red face: "I said brother, you should have told us a long time ago!" You can't even believe us, do you?! ”。

Du Zhongnian glanced at Cui Dakui and did not speak.

Guan Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If I can't believe the two of you, I won't mention this matter today." I just think it's extraordinary, because I don't want to put you all in danger, and because the fewer people who know about it, the better. Commander Tian must have found some important clues, so he suddenly disappeared. ”

Du Zhongnian gasped and said in a low voice, "You mean that Commander Tian is very likely to be killed?" Who has such courage and magical powers to dare to lay a black hand under the nose of your northern prince? ”。

Guan Yu looked ahead and sneered: "This person does have a lot of energy, Ling'er once beat the chief of the guard of King Pingnan, so that he couldn't get off the stage." ”

Cui Dakui jumped up, gritted his teeth with angry eyes, and said, "Damn, I'll lead a group of brothers to the door tomorrow to see how he denies it to his face!" ”。

Guan Yu hurriedly frowned and shouted, "Sit down, Hugh has to come here!" At the moment of the great enemy, we don't have any evidence, it's just speculation. ”

Du Zhongnian raised his hand and stroked his long black beard, and asked in a low voice, "Then what does General Guan want us to do?" ”。

Guan Yu straightened his waist again, squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "You don't have to do anything." The reason why I tell the two brothers is to remind you to be careful and careful. In my opinion, in order to make a big living person with martial arts disappear out of thin air, in addition to the vast supernatural powers, there should probably be an internal response. The two of you know this in your hearts that you must never mention it to anyone! ”。

Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui glanced at each other again and nodded heavily.

Du Zhongnian clasped his fists and said: "There are no outsiders here, we can have today, thanks to the support of the virtuous brother, those who dare to be unfavorable to you, no matter who the other party is, our brothers can draw their swords at any time!" ”。

Cui Dakui said: "Yes, you and my brother share life and death, happiness and hardship!" ”。

Guan Yu couldn't help laughing, and said in a slow tone: "There are two benevolent brothers, Guan Mou died without regrets. But the state of affairs is not as evil as you say. Don't forget, we still have tens of thousands of knives in our hands licking blood, and the brothers who crawled out of the pile of corpses together, anyone who wants to move a finger of us has to weigh whether they can live until tomorrow! ”。

Guan Yu got up and sent the two of them to the tent, and then advised: "Remember, this matter will never be mentioned to outsiders, I will personally investigate secretly, and when there is conclusive evidence, you and my brother will do it together!" At the moment, you just need to recuperate and concentrate on dealing with the new army of the Great Qi Protector under the command of General Yan. ”

Du Zhongnian and Cui Dakui both took a deep breath, bowed their heads and hugged their fists, and retreated silently.

The strong man, whose face was covered in blood, looked up with great difficulty, and found himself in a huge pit, with the leg of his mount broken under his crotch, and many of his brothers around him in agony. He didn't care so much about it, and quickly crawled out with his bare hands.

At the edge of the pit, the lean goatee jumped off his horse quickly, leaned down and stretched out his right arm.

(To be continued in this chapter)